Who We Are

Our aims
  • Enable young disadvantaged people to get into business and commerce
  • Help and support individuals to overcome their disadvantages
  • Fund appropriate training and development opportunities
  • Provide a network of support through other organisations
  • Helping individuals' employability by funding opportunities for career advancement
What we cannot do
  • Provide finance for new business starts ups
  • Fund or partially fund academic qualifications in formal tertiary education (such as tuition fees for university)
  • Support applications from outside of the UK
  • Support applications from those under 16
  • Support applications from those over 24 at the end of their proposed opportunity
What our outcome is

Making a difference by helping young people become successful, by enabling them to pursue their own aims to enter the world of business

Jim Jackson Educational Support

Our Values Include:

  • A belief in action to help overcome a disadvantage
  • Making a positive difference to people's lives
  • Taking a holistic approach to people's needs
  • Empowering people and enabling their development in a world of business
  • Building a community that helps others succeed regardless of their circumstances
  • Making a difference
Jim Jackson Educational Support

How We Help?

What makes us different is that we understand each individual is unique and that the support each individual needs is specific to them. We have 2 distinct areas of support; Education and Enabling...

Educational Fund
  • Supporting a third-party organisation with funding so they can take on an apprentice
  • Full or partial financial support for vocational courses and training
  • Full and partial funding of skills based training
  • Financial aid for further education
  • Sourcing and funding the right training modules to assist with such things as English as a second language, interviewing techniques, negotiating skills, business etiquette, networking.
  • Suitable work attire
  • Basic equipment to start a job or training course
Enabling Fund
  • Enabling career progression by funding internships, apprenticeship or work experience.
  • Assistance with computer hardware, software, licenses and other related technology
  • Assisting with the funding of computer training and digital support to enable research, communication and professionalism.
  • Helping with communications – mobiles, broadband, printers and technology.
  • Finding a safe place from which to work.
  • Funding in order to take up a placement or job opportunity presented to you that you couldn’t take up without support.
  • Basic living expenses

Our Trustees

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Founder
Jill Hill

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Trustee
Andrew Jackson
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Trustee
Paul Frost

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Trustee
Gill Smith

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Trustee
Andrew Field
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Trustee
Ben Woodley
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