SPRINGBOARD
Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation A network changing the face of aspiration through education Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation (RNCSF) is a charity promoting social mobility through widening access to “110%” bursaries available at boarding and independent day schools. We work with independent schools and state boarding schools to target bursary schemes for young people who either currently, or have been, looked after in the care system; are vulnerable and on the ‘edge of care’ due to difficult home lives; or are from areas with high levels of social deprivation. Through our network of partnerships with local organisations in areas where there is poor educational
provision, and who know families facing precarious situations, we help schools to ensure that their bursary opportunities are going to young people who would otherwise face a very different life path. We are proud of the number of partnerships and relationships that we have developed over the years to provide schools with the assurance that, by offering a bursary place to
a ‘SpringBoarder’, they are targeting those opportunities for those who most need access to them. But moreso, that collective force is developing into a powerful movement of role models for future generations. With ‘SpringBoarders’ now working as teachers, civil servants, doctors, lawyers and campaigners we are working with them to harness their power as role models affecting the landscape of social mobility in the UK for the better. As a national network of RNCSF accredited schools, we can ensure that individual schools’ bursary schemes are connected, with ‘SpringBoarders’ part of a broader community of others sharing similar experiences, which is incredibly important to their wellbeing and sense of belonging. We also provide a bespoke alumni offering to help ensure that schools can feel confident that their bursary award holders can continue to access the support they need to aim high and thrive in their lives beyond school. royalspringboard.org.uk/about-us
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