# Mayor’s Fund for London merges Access Aspiration into organisation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/07/26/mayors-fund-london-merges-access-aspiration-organisation/
- Published: 2017-07-26T09:00:11+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Mayor’s Fund for London has announced that it has merged London provider of
aspirational placements for state schools, Access Aspiration, into its organisation.**

[Access Aspiration](http://access-workplacements.org/) works with London schools
to provide high quality work experience opportunities and [in-school employment development](https://www.curriculosolutions.com/library/primary-programme-hub/primary-programme),
currently providing 24 schools with a range of work placement opportunities and 
practical school-based and employer-based training, mentoring and support to students
aged 16-18 who face significant disadvantage.

It also supports a network of London employers, including the Bank of England and
EE, which have committed to improving skills, aspiration and diversity. [The Mayor’s Fund](http://www.mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk/)
considers the charity’s activities to be highly complementary to its Young London
Working programme and its involvement in the Enterprise Adviser Network linking 
schools with employers.

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The Access Aspiration team has moved into the Mayor’s Fund offices at City Hall (
pictured) and co-founders of Access Aspiration, Jenny Halpern Prince and David Meller,
have joined the Board of the Mayor’s Fund for London.

Jenny Halpern Prince said:

> “The link between social mobility and good career provision in schools, including
> work placements and other employer engagements, is well documented. It’s a sad
> fact that students from state schools, and particularly children from disadvantaged
> backgrounds, receive poorer quality placement opportunities than their independent
> school peers, who also benefit from strong family networks and connections. Being
> part of the Mayor’s Fund for London will help us to connect more young Londoners
> in more schools with high quality employers.”

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