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Running the jogscotland One Big Weekend Edinburgh 5k for The Access Project

Debbie Aitken is raising money for The Access Project
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One Big Weekend Glasgow 2013 · 11 August 2013 ·

Students from under-resourced backgrounds are three times less likely to make it to a top university than peers from more advantaged backgrounds. We support these students to access top universities through bespoke mentoring, skills-building coaching, tuition, and enrichment activities.

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On Sunday 4th August 2013 I'm running the jogscotland One Big Weekend Edinburgh 5k to raise a little cash for The Access Project, which is a great charity that helps motivated kids from disadvantaged backgrounds get into top universities by pairing them with young professionals as tutors. They’ve had a lot of success so far and I think it’s worth giving them some help.

The main aim of the charity is to provide one-on-one tutoring, starting in Year 10 (S4) and going all the way through to A Level, for students at schools in London who might not otherwise apply for university. The hope is that the project will expand out of London to other parts of the UK in 2014.

A good article which gives a bit more detail:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8749908/Access-all-areas-the-project-helping-disadvantaged-children-into-top-universities.html

Take a look at the charity's website, which contains a lot of success stories:

http://www.theaccessproject.org.uk/

This is my first 5k and it would be a big boost to know that my efforts will be rewarded with funds for this brilliant charity.

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