The celebration of the end of Fusion Mentoring!
Another cohort of Macquarie’s Fusion Network have successfully mentored 13 young adults from ethnic minority backgrounds for the past 6 months. Read more about the fantastic impact.
Fusion Network Mentoring: Supporting Our Young People to Transition Into the World of Work
This year, BIG Alliance launched their pilot Fusion Mentoring programme, in partnership with Macquarie Foundation’s Fusion Network. Read more about how the programme supports the young people of Islington here.
Celebrating Good Times with Mentoring Works!
ELBA and BIG Alliance’s Mentoring Works programme is celebrating the achievements of the 2020-21 Year 10 cohort with a series of 10 Celebration events with our company and school partners, across June and July.
National Careers Week: Inspiring a Generation
With the current disruption to schools, this National Careers Week highlights challenges for us at ELBA and many student-facing staff on how to engage students in employability activity amidst Covid-19.
Why mentoring is needed now more than ever – a returning mentor’s perspective
The onset of the pandemic has exacerbated financial inequalities. For young people, it has led to months without schooling, with most studying from home with varied resources and varied access to the internet and electronic devices.
To tackle this, ELBA and the BIG Alliance are proud to have recently launched and adapted our 2020/21 Mentoring Works programme to ensure we continue to support students that need it most.
Business as (un)Usual - a few words from our CEO
BIG Alliance and East London Business Alliance are here for the community and business as we all face the challenges of COVID-19 together. We are responding to the needs of Islington and east London community partners and business members by offering more remote volunteering opportunities, employment support and fundraising, as we all have to adjust.