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Boarding Chances for Children Report 2022-23
This year, Buttle UK have supported 75 students across the 2022-23 academic year to attend boarding school, amounting to £880,201 of funding for our Support for Boarding programme. We are thrilled to announce that this year’s boarding cohort’s GCSE results were above the national average. Read on to see the overview of the report and to download the full report.
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2023: A landmark year for co-production at Buttle UK
As we come towards the end of 2023, our Co-Production and Youth Engagement Manager, Charlotte Robey-Turner, reflects on what has been a pivotal year for co-production at Buttle UK. Read on to learn some of the key milestones we've achieved this year as a part of our co-production work!
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Buttle UK: Ethnicity and our Grant Making Report
As a part of our ongoing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work, we have completed an in depth piece of research mapping our applicants and grantees for our Chances for Children grants against the England, Wales and Northern Ireland Census data released in 2022.
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Progressing our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
A blog by Buttle UK CEO, Joe Howes, on the progress of our EDI strategy across 2023.
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The Power of Data
At Buttle UK, we see data as one of the most powerful tools for social change in our armory. That’s why we’re so passionate about wading into the challenges and opportunities that data sharing presents.
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70 Years of Buttle UK: Frank Buttle’s History
In this blog, we share a short “Who Do You Think You Are” style film in which Frank Buttle’s great nephew and Buttle UK trustee, David Buttle, finds out more about Frank’s history.
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Buttle UK shortlisted for Charity Collaboration of the Year
We are thrilled to announce that Buttle UK have been shortlisted for the Charity Collaboration of the Year Award at the ACO Annual Conference 2023.
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Marking 70 Years of Buttle UK
We are proud to announce that this week we will begin events and activites to mark our 70th Anniversary. Over the coming weeks this will include reflections on the past, where we are today and our hopes for the future. All of which is about continuing the legacy of Frank Buttle.
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New Partnership Announcement! Explore Learning’s Big Dream Programme
Buttle UK are thrilled to be a part of Explore Learning's Big Dream Programme, aiming to help children who's education has been impacted by crisis and poverty.
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State of Child Poverty 2023
As the cost of living crisis remains ever prevalent across the UK, we have surveyed over 1200 frontline workers who collectively support over 200,000 children and young people. The findings are stark, with a significant increase in children living in destitution and or some school is becoming a luxury they are struggling to afford.
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Vacancy: Office Administrator
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as Buttle UK’s Office Administrator; a new role created to bolster a growing team and provide vital support across the organisation.
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Ayani’s Experience as an intern at Graphite Capital
In the last week of June 2023, four young people from Buttle UK’s Support for Boarding programme took part in a week-long internship with our corporate sponsor, Graphite Capital. Interns had the opportunity to spend a week in London learning about the private equity and wider financial sector. In this blog, Ayani, one of the interns supported by Buttle UK, reflects on her experience and what she learned.
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