Our news
ReconnectEd Impact Report Launch
Today, we’re launching our first ever Impact Report from the first 6 months of our 3.5 year pilot with Brigantia Learning Trust. This marks an important milestone for us. Please look at the Impact Report and get in touch to help us to raise awareness of our work.
Grant Funding from the Church Burgesses Educational Foundation
We’re delighted to have secured funding from the Church Burgesses Educational Foundation towards the costs of the ReconnectEd Coaches in the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Team visited The House of Lords
The team had a fantastic day at the House of Lords meeting Lord Blunkett and Lord Griffiths to discuss our 3 year pilot programme in Sheffield.
Grant Funding from the KFC Foundation UK
We’re excited to announce that we have received grant funding from the #kfcfoundationuk. We have been selected amongst various local organisations across KFC restaurant communities in the UK, with the aim of empowering young people to fulfil their potential.
Team ReconnectEd ran the Brighton Marathon/10k!
A huge congratulations to Team ReconnectEd for running the Brighton Marathon and 10k yesterday. It was such an incredible, uplifting day and we are SO proud of all the runners. Also a huge thank you to our wonderful support crew who came and cheered us on around the course. It is a day we will never forget!
Violence Reduction Unit visit to Yewlands Academy
Team ReconnectEd had a brilliant visit to Yewlands Academy and it was great to be joined by the team at South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit. We are so grateful for the funding they have provided to enable us to begin our pilot.
Team ReconnectEd are running the marathon!
Team ReconnectEd are running the Brighton Marathon & Brighton 10k in April! Alex and Georgia (Co-Founders of ReconnectEd), plus 6 of their their wonderful friends are taking on the Brighton Marathon & Brighton 10k to raise money for ReconnectEd's coaching programme.
Social Enterprise Startup Award Finalist
We are thrilled to be a finalist for the Social Enterprise StartUp of the year category at the 2023 North East, Yorkshire & the Humber StartUp Awards. An honour to be amongst a number of other brilliant Startups across the UK!
The National Lottery - Community Fund
A brilliant start to the year! We are proud to announce that we have received funding from the TNL Community Fund, just as our pilot gets underway in North Sheffield
Supported by Cambridge Social Ventures
We are very grateful for the support of Cambridge Social Ventures, an entrepreneurial support programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, during the first year of our pilot!
We are hiring ReconnectEd Coaches!
We are hiring! In partnership with Brigantia Learning Trust, we are looking for ReconnectEd Coaches to support young people at risk of exclusion to flourish and achieve their potential.
Partnership with Brigantia Learning Trust
We are delighted to officially announce our partnership with Brigantia Learning Trust. The ReconnectEd team had a very positive and fruitful visit meeting the excellent team.
Podcast: Reasons to be Cheerful
Our CEO and Co-Founder Alex Hanratty was recently a guest on Reasons to be Cheerful with The Rt. Hon Ed Miliband MP and Geoff Lloyd discussing character education.
South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit
During the first year of our pilot, we will be receiving funding from the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to work in partnership to help them to meet their early intervention priorities for vulnerable young people at risk of exclusion.
Partnership with Easyfundraising
We are now working with easyfundraising, a free fundraising platform that allows us to receive unrestricted funding, when you shop online at over 7,000 brands.