The Mohn Westlake Foundation is proud to support The Reach Foundation’s place-based work to improve outcomes for children and young people, from cradle to career.

The Reach Foundation is a UK-based education charity working to ensure that every child can enjoy a life of choice and opportunity. With deep roots in the community of Feltham (South West London), it supports schools and local partners across the country to build more coherent, consistent and connected systems of support around children and young people. They do this by cultivating bold leadership, catalysing local partnerships, and connecting people and ideas across sectors and places.

Locally: The Feltham Convening Partnership

The Mohn Westlake Foundation’s support has helped grow the Feltham Convening Partnership (FCP)—a place-based initiative that brings together schools, families, public services and the voluntary sector. Together, they’re working to build stronger support systems for children and young people, from early childhood through to adulthood.

Recent activities include:

• A local campaign responding to smartphone use and childhood wellbeing, co-designed with parents and young people.
• A youth-led leadership and research programme, giving paid opportunities to students underrepresented in traditional pathways.
• A new support group for girls with autism, co-designed by parents and backed by cross-sector collaboration.

Nationally: The Cradle-to-Career Accelerator

The Foundation is also enabling the launch of a new Cradle-to-Career Accelerator. Over the next four years, this initiative will provide grants and tailored support to ten high-potential local partnerships across England. Each will receive three years of funding and coaching to develop place-based, school-centred models that improve outcomes for children. These projects will help us learn more about what works—and why—and will shape a national case for change.

To learn more about this project, please visit the grantee’s website: www.reachfoundation.uk