A mentoring scheme for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds and an affordable tutoring enterprise designed for poorer pupils have been awarded £10,000 each after winning Teach First’s Innovation Award.
The Girls’ Network has been set-up by two former Teach First teachers, Charlotte Young and Becca Dean, and aims to connect disadvantaged girls aged 14 to 19 with successful business women to help them build networks and raise aspiration and confidence.
Meanwhile, Tutors United, set-up by 19-year-old Joel Davis, provides affordable tutoring by university students from poor backgrounds to disadvantaged or migrant primary pupils.
The Innovation Award is open to anyone with an idea that might help to change society and five finalists made pitches to a panel of educationalists and business leaders earlier this month.
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