Current News
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| Alan Rockwell of Linklaters ice-skating
with Shelly Mitchell and a friend |
The Hackney Schools’ Mentoring Programme (HSMP) has had
a busy start to the year. A 30% uplift in student and mentor numbers
has meant that ELBA has had to do two ice-skating sessions for
some schools!
This was Admin Assistant, Aisha Ikram’s, maiden performance
on the ice but, unfortunately, mum-to-be and Jane Torvill impersonator
Deryl Walsh, HSMP Mentor Co-ordinator, was forced to watch from
the sidelines. From the photographs you can see that, despite
the harsh conditions, both students and mentors thoroughly enjoyed
the experience.
The HSMP has been involved in two important events in the last
quarter:
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Alicia Weston receiving her award from Warwick
Smith
(both of Macquarie Bank Foundation) |
1. Macquarie Bank Foundation Awards Ceremony
The HSMP Team attended an awards ceremony for Macquarie Bank
Foundation employees, held at City Point, to celebrate the achievements
of Alicia Weston who has been mentoring students on the programme
for the past five years! Alicia was presented with her award,
together with a cheque for £4,000 which she kindly donated
to the HSMP. The money will help extend HSMP’s outreach
to more Hackney School Children in the future.
Warwick Smith, Director of the Macquarie Bank Foundation, commented
on the evening that it was the first time a bank employee outside
of Australia had won this award, and as such it was recognition
of the extent of her achievements.
2. City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT)
Conference
It’s not an easy task to get thirteen giggly girls from
Our Lady’s Convent School in Stamford Hill to a conference
on a wet Tuesday morning, but if there’s a cute boy on the
door it certainly helps!
The students, who are currently being mentored by City &
Hackney tPCT staff, were invited to take part in a conference
to launch the Trust’s Minority Ethnic Groups Network on
March 1st. This event took place at the Hackney Empire and enabled
students to hear first hand how discrimination and barriers to
ethnic minority achievement in the NHS were being made a thing
of the past. There were several inspiring speakers from the NHS
on hand to recount their experiences, Diane Abbott MP for Hackney,
gave the girls her perspectives, and there was an opportunity
for the girls to feed back to the conference their views on careers
and roles within the NHS.
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| Contemplating careers in the NHS:
Student’s at Our Lady’s Convent School |
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If you are interested in becoming a mentor, or are an existing
mentor and would like to recommend a friend, then contact the
HSMP Team now on 020 8820 7204.
