Scott has worked with the charity since 2017 as Making The Leap was a charity partner of a former company, and then became a trustee in 2022.
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The Royal Park half marathon takes place on 8 October and is a 13.1-mile route that takes place through four of London’s eight Royal Parks – Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens.
Making The Leap was founded in 1993 and aims to “transform the futures of disadvantaged young people in the UK” by offering training to raise aspirations and develop skills, confidence and outlook.
It has helped around 55,000 young people over the last 10 yeas and around 5,500 into employment. The charity aims to help around 9,500 young people over the next year.
Around £100 could enable four secondary school students to experience their first mock interview with a volunteer, £500 could provide 20 secondary school students with a taster work experience session and £1,000 could cover the cost of facilitating a professional development masterclass for up to 30 young adults.
Speaking to this publication, Scott said that at Alexander Hall they had hosted workshops for cohorts of young people to give “insight into an office environment, insight into etiquette, insight into the right attitude, the right mindset and how to engage with people positively in that environment”.
He said this was about “soft skills” and the charity also offered interview training so that young people can “tell their story and articulate themselves in a coherent way” and compete in a competitive recruitment market.
Scott said the charity was close to his heart as before working in property and finance he had worked for a school for young children with emotional and behavioural challenges from economical disadvantaged backgrounds.
He continued: “I really enjoy [being a trustee] for a number of different reasons. I’m working with a team of qualified individuals from a range of different sectors and it has allowed me to develop my skills and be exposed to other industries and different types of thinking.
“Equally, it’s allowing me to impact the lives of young people in a very different way. When you deliver a program, as in you’re the person running a workshop you are helping up to 20 people at a time, but when you are a trustee on the board then you know that this charity is helping tens of thousands of young people a year.”
He said several other mortgage firms had become involved with Making The Leap, including Mortgage Advice Bureau, and he urged firms who wanted to bolster their ESG strategies to get involved with Making The Leap.
