Name: Impetus
Price range: $

Action Tutoring

Action Tutoring partners with schools to provide trained tutors who support pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping them improve their academic performance. They aim to bridge the educational attainment gap and ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed.

Ada

Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, empowers diverse talent with high-quality apprenticeships and a top-performing 6th form college. Focused on advanced digital skills, Ada bridges education and the tech sector, preparing students for successful careers in technology.

AllChild (formerly West London Zone)

AllChild supports young people in underserved UK communities, helping them build social, emotional, and academic skills. By partnering with local organisations, AllChild ensures these young individuals can thrive into adulthood, reducing risks such as exclusion and gang involvement.

Babbasa

Part of the Connect Fund. Babbasa is an award-winning organisation, based in a high need area, delivering an evidence-backed youth empowerment programme. They support young people to improve their confidence, pursue their professional ambitions and become economically active.

Co-op Academies Trust

Co-op Academies Trust, a group of 37 schools across the North of England prioritising high-quality internal alternative provision (IAP) in its secondary schools.

Empire Fighting Chance

Empire Fighting Chance, a leading sport for development charity, was born to fight the impact of inequality on young people’s lives. Through non-contact boxing and intensive personal support, they challenge and inspire young people to realise their unique potential.

Football Beyond Borders

Football Beyond Borders uses football to support young people who are disengaged and at risk of school exclusion. Their two-year programme includes weekly two-hour sessions that build literacy and soft skills, helping students gain the necessary skills to succeed.

Generation UK

Part of the Connect Fund. Generation UK offers skills bootcamps in various professions. Their programme combines technical skills, support and strong employer connections to secure employment. Operating in cities across the UK, they help young people enter the workforce.

IMO Charity

Part of the Connect Fund. Founded by volunteers in 2006, IMO Charity has grown into the go-to provider of youth programmes for Blackburn's South Asian community. They offer diverse services in community development, health, well-being, education, and employability, providing effective support for local youth.

IntoUniversity

IntoUniversity runs centres supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds access higher education. Since 2007, Impetus has helped them secure new funding and build strategic capabilities, scaling into a national network of 39 centres, serving over 45,000 young people annually.

Jon Egging Trust

The Jon Egging Trust supports disengaged youth with their Blue Skies programme, using STEM experiences to boost aspiration, self-belief, and resilience. Young people can regain focus, confidence, and motivation to re-engage with education and make informed career choices.

Khulisa

Khulisa supports marginalised young people exhibiting challenging behaviour, providing skills to choose alternatives to violence and crime. Through therapeutic group programmes and training for adults, Khulisa fosters emotional resilience, self-awareness, and positive change in young people aged 11-25.

Kids Inspire

Kids Inspire provides specialist support to young people and families affected by trauma, distress, or negative experiences. They promote self-awareness, resilience, and positive relationship building for young people, helping them to improve their mental health and re-engage in education.

MCR Pathways

Part of the Engage Fund. MCR Pathways is a national award-winning mentoring programme addressing educational inequality for young people in care and facing disadvantages. They support individuals from ages 10-18 to obtain improved educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances.

Olive Academies

Part of the Engage Fund. Olive Academies Trust runs five academies in London and East England, specialising in alternative provision. They also operate an exclusion-prevention programme in mainstream schools to transform the lives of students struggling with traditional education methods.

Resurgo

Resurgo graduated from our portfolio in 2024. Their award-winning Spear Programme helps 16-24-year-olds facing employment barriers get into work or training. Impetus has supported its growth from a small West London project to a national programme, empowering young people across the UK with essential skills and confidence.

School of Hard Knocks

Part of the Engage Fund. School of Hard Knocks empowers individuals through physical activity, social-emotional learning, and one-on-one support. Their 5Cs framework (confidence, commitment, communication, control, cohesion) fosters behavior change and genuine acceptance, helping participants find meaning and purpose.

Sister System

Part of the Connect Fund. Sister System supports care-affected young women aged 13-24 in North London, primarily from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds. Sister System helps with sustaining positive relationships, mental wellbeing, and engagement in education, employment, or training.

Streets of Growth

Part of the Connect Fund. Streets of Growth helps young adults reduce harm and positively change their lives and neighbourhoods. They build long-term trust, safety, and a shared vision, supporting young people in progressing in education and work.

ThinkForward

ThinkForward graduated from our portfolio in 2024. They support young people who face challenges on their paths to employment and provides them with a dedicated, long-term coach. Impetus has helped ThinkForward grow from a small pilot to running programmes in schools and colleges across London, the Midlands, and Kent.

The Access Project

The Access Project graduated from our portfolio in 2024. They work with high-potential students from under-resourced backgrounds to help them get into top universities. They place dedicated mentors into schools to help students navigate and overcome barriers to education, as well as support including university trips, tuition and skills coaching.

The Difference

Part of the Engage Fund. The Difference trains future inclusive school leaders, collaborating with pupil referral units and mainstream schools nationwide. Impetus supports their four-year pilot, which tests a radical approach to transforming education for students at risk of exclusion.

The Tutor Trust

The Tutor Trust provides small group tuition for disadvantaged pupils in northern England. The Education Endowment Foundation found tutored primary school children made three months’ additional progress in maths. Impetus helps The Tutor Trust improve exam results for more pupils.

The Two Counties Trust

The Two Counties Trust, a Multi Academy Trust made up of nine secondary academies educating students across the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regions.

Voice 21

Voice21 offers oracy training for teachers and schools, helping them embed foundational speaking and listening skills into the curriculum. Impetus has strengthened Voice21, enabling them to achieve better results and reach young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in 607 schools nationwide.

Our portfolio partners

Action Tutoring

Ada

AllChild (formerly West London Zone)

Babbasa

Co-op Academies Trust

Empire Fighting Chance

Football Beyond Borders

Generation UK

IMO Charity

IntoUniversity

Jon Egging Trust

Khulisa

Kids Inspire

MCR Pathways

Olive Academies

Resurgo

School of Hard Knocks

Sister System

Streets of Growth

ThinkForward

The Access Project

The Difference

The Tutor Trust

The Two Counties Trust

Voice 21

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