New Trustees have been appointed to the Board of the Mayor's Fund for London...a social mobility charity that empowers young Londoners from disadvantaged backgrounds to acquire the skills and opportunities they need to secure employment, climb the career ladder and escape the threat of poverty...Jenny Halpern Prince: Jenny is the founder of Halpern, a global PR and influencer agency part of the WPP network and &partnership, CHI & Partners. Jenny co-founded the education charity, Access Aspiration, which provides the most amount of aspirational work placements in London to State schools.
The Mayor’s Fund for London today announced that it has merged Access Aspiration, London’s largest provider of aspirational placements for state schools, into its organisation...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..."
