Field of intervention :Training and insertion
Association : Urban Synergy
Project :The Mentoring Resource Pool
Localisation :Suburbs of London
Country :England
Supported Group :1,000 underpriviledged young people
 
Objective

To support young people from immigrant backgrounds through sponsorship.

Project holder

Ananda Allotey, Benefits specialist, Accor UK.

Association

Urban Synergy aims to support young people from immigrant backgrounds (Africa and the West Indies) through sponsorship: individual and weekly support (one hour a week) focused on motivation, encouragement and ambition.

Project

Urban SynergyThe Accor Foundation project’s objective is to develop the sponsorship program of Urban Synergy to support 1,000 young people from London’s outlying districts (Lewisham, Lambeth, Southwark and Olympic areas).

For one year, young people are sponsored by a professional and attend a program focused on four directions: sharing experience with the sponsor; organised trips (trips to companies, police stations…), seminars putting young people in contact with professionals from various fields (media, legal…) and integrating young people in companies.

Ananda Allotey, Benefits specialist Accor UK, is a young’s Mentor.

support €17,500 in 2009