The Access Project is an excellent charity that I've been involved with for a year as a tutor.

The aim is to provide one-on-one tutoring to students, starting in year 10 and going all the way through to A level, for students at schools in London who might not otherwise apply for university.

The project has been incredibly successful so far - the first school involved saw 10 students from one year go to Russell Group universities, where previously they had seen only 1 a year at most.

An excellent article which explains a bit more in 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 marathon 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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