# Catch Up scheme wins £500,000 from Social Business Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/29/catch-scheme-wins-500000-social-business-trust/
- Published: 2016-04-29T09:02:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The [Catch Up](http://www.catchup.org/) scheme, which helps school children who
are struggling with literacy and numeracy, has received £500,000 from the [Social Business Trust](http://www.socialbusinesstrust.org/).**

The scheme [trains teaching assistants](https://blog.curriculosolutions.com/teaching-styles-quiz-what-kind-of-teacher-are-you)
across England and Wales to deliver regular short, structured one-to-one interventions
that help primary school-age children having difficulties with basic literacy and
numeracy skills.

Catch Up currently trains 2,000 teachers and teaching assistants a year, working
with 40,000 pupils. The backing from Social Business Trust (SBT) will help it train
5,000 a year by 2020, to help 100,000 struggling learners annually.

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Social Business Trust (SBT) uses business expertise from corporates and targeted
grants to help high-growth potential social enterprises scale up. It awarded Catch
Up an initial package of funding and expert business support in September 2014. 
An additional cash grant and further business assistance will increase that to a
total package worth £500,000, which includes funding for a new post to develop awareness
and take-up of Catch Up among teachers and teaching assistants. Organisations working
with Catch Up through SBT include Bain & Company, Thomson Reuters, and Permira.

Adele Blakebrough MBE, CEO of Social Business Trust said:

> “Every time Catch Up helps a child get up to speed on reading or maths, a young
> life is transformed. That’s why we’re focused on helping to increase its impact.”

Charities interested in working with SBT can find out more at [www.socialbusinesstrust.org/get-involved](http://www.socialbusinesstrust.org/get-involved/).

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