How tutors can support children from disadvantaged backgrounds

The Access Project

We are proud to support the work of “The Access Project”. The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. Why not become a volunteer tutor with The Access Project? Your work would be entirely online and you would commit to one hour per week, plus 30 minutes preparation time.

The Access Project are always looking for volunteers to tutor disadvantaged young people aged 14 to 18, for one hour a week.

This is through their easy-to-use dedicated online platform and is in a subject of the your choice. You benefit from a comprehensive training programme, with ongoing support enabling you to gain knowledge about tutoring, grow in confidence, skills and experience whilst making a valuable contribution to the development of a young person.

• Support a young person in a school subject to achieve the GCSE or A level grades they deserve and to fulfil their full potential
• Inspire, motivate and enable next steps towards further education and the world of work
• Students supported by The Access Project typically achieve a grade higher at GCSE and are twice as likely as their peers to progress to a top-third ranked university.

The Access Project are looking for more volunteers than ever before to help overcome the inequalities so many of their young people faced during the pandemic lockdowns. On average young people like the ones The Access Project work with, lost out on 1.2 hours of education per day.

By volunteering one hour a day of your week you are helping them overcome this, rebuild their confidence in themselves and realise their potential.

You can find out more by watching a recording of our meeting with The Access Project (below).  To apply, contact The Access Project at www.theaccessproject.org.uk/apply  and please let us know if you become a volunteer tutor!

Action Tutoring

Action Tutoring is a charity that supports disadvantaged young people to achieve academically, with a view to enabling them to progress in education, employment or training. They do this by partnering high-quality volunteer tutors with pupils to increase their subject knowledge, confidence and study skills.

Volunteering as a tutor with Action Tutoring is a rewarding way to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people living in your community or online.

By volunteering for just one hour a week, you will directly support disadvantaged pupils to build their confidence and help ensure they leave school with the grades needed to build a bright future, as well as developing your own skills. Action Tutoring supports pupils in Years 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 in English and maths. They specifically help pupils facing socio-economic disadvantage who are at risk of leaving primary or secondary school without reaching national standards in their exams. Please let us know if you become a volunteer tutor with them!