Operation Reach UK

Closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers is the greatest challenge currently facing the English education system. The purpose of Operation Reach is to promote social mobility outside the school environment. Young people from lower socio-economic groups are consistently under-represented in the most selective universities and in top professions across all sectors. Operation Reach’s aim is to enhance the development of high-attaining students from less well-off homes as a stepping-stone to attending the most prestigious universities, and obtaining the most competitive graduate jobs. Operation Reach believes that by providing young people (Reachers) with an opportunity to connect with nature, experience a totally new culture and travel to a different corner of the globe, they will increase their confidence and self-reliance and also become more flexible, and ambitious, in their approach to university applications. Furthermore, Operation Reach is committed to addressing the imbalance in life opportunities afforded to the most privileged, privately educated young people and those from a lower socio-economic bracket. https://linktr.ee/operationreachuk