MEET OUR PARTNERS
We fund partners who share our vision and may have been overlooked or underfunded. Together we will drive change so that every young person can thrive.
AFBE-UK
The Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers provides targeted programmes for young people and employers to increase the number of ethnic minority engineers in the UK. Mission 44 is partnering with AFBE to scale their work and expand the Making Engineering Hot programme to new regions. Together we will increase the number of black and ethnic minority young people considering careers in engineering.
America on Tech
America on Tech is an early pipeline tech talent accelerator expanding access to technology careers for 16-24-year-olds from underestimated communities. Through no-cost tech education, mentorship, and career support, America on Tech broadens technology career exploration and participation for young people who lack access to critical resources and opportunities.
Aspiring Heads
Aspiring Heads is a social enterprise focused on addressing the underrepresentation of black educators in leadership roles within the UK’s educational sector. By providing leadership development, insights and fostering connections, we seek to create more inclusive environments where all students can benefit from diverse leadership. Mission 44 is partnering with us to support our team’s capacity, and to develop organisational growth.
Being Luminary
Being Luminary is an equity strategy consultancy founded by former school leader Angie Browne, offering a unique approach that connects deep personal development with practical DEI implementation. Through coaching and training, they guide leaders who recognise that meaningful DEI work starts from within. We’re working with Being Luminary, alongside the Chartered College of Teaching and Chiltern Learning Trust, to train School Centred Initial Teacher Training providers (SCITTs) to implement inclusive recruitment practices and support the development of teacher educators from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Breakthrough Central Texas
Breakthrough Central Texas empowers students who will be the first in their families to earn a college degree through long-term academic support, college advising, and career readiness programming. By partnering with students from middle school through college completion, the organisation helps create pathways to economic mobility and long-term success. Mission 44 is partnering with Breakthrough Central Texas to deepen the impact of their programmes and expand access to STEM learning, mentorship, and career pathways for students from historically underrepresented communities in Austin.
CAPE
Cape deliver quality tuition and mentoring to improve the life outcomes of excluded children, and those at risk of exclusion. The charity has so far reached 15 schools, eight local authorities and 500 children and young people, and Mission 44 is funding the recruitment of more mentors to increase key services. Together we hope to build the infrastructure needed to further expand their mentoring programme for vulnerable young people.
Chartered College of Teaching
The Chartered College of Teaching is the professional body for teachers in England and Wales. Their mission is to empower a knowledgeable and respected teaching profession. We’re working with the Chartered College of Teaching, alongside Being Luminary and Chiltern Learning Trust, to train School Centred Initial Teacher Training providers (SCITTs) to implement inclusive recruitment practices and support the development of teacher educators from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Chiltern Learning Trust
Chiltern Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust with 18 schools across Luton and Bedfordshire. They provide Initial Teacher Training through the Chiltern Training Group, and support teachers at all stages of their career through the Chiltern Teaching School Hub. We’re working with Chiltern Learning Trust, alongside the Chartered College of Teaching, to train School Centred Initial Teacher Training providers (SCITTs) to implement inclusive recruitment practices and support the development of teacher educators from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Co-op Academies Trust
Co-op Academies Trust supports students in primary, secondary, college and special schools across the north of England, giving them the skills and experiences they need to succeed, no matter where they come from. Mission 44 is partnering with Co-op Academies to pilot, test and develop bespoke interventions that reduce fixed and permanent exclusions for Gypsy Roma pupils. Together we will work to reduce exclusions while creating a safe and inclusive educational environment.
Code E Locs
Code E Locs is a Las Vegas-based nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, coding, and emerging technology opportunities for young people from underrepresented communities. Through hands-on learning experiences and community-centred programming, the organisation equips students with the skills, confidence, and exposure needed to pursue STEM education and careers. Mission 44 supports Code E Locs to strengthen its core infrastructure while sustaining delivery of free, community-based STEM programming in Las Vegas.
Coram
We’re partnering with Coram to tackle unfair school exclusions through various initiatives including a legal clinic, where law firms recruit and train volunteers to give more young people access to legal representation. Together we will test and scale interventions that can address the disproportionate rate of school exclusions for those from underserved groups.
Driven By Us
Driven By Us is a pioneering community-driven organisation on a mission to empower aspiring leaders from ethnic minorities and underrepresented groups in the automotive & motorsport industry. Driven By Us provide mentoring and support in a safe space, facilitated by relatable role models across world-leading organisations with first-hand success stories. Mission 44 is partnering with Driven By us to scale the reach and impact of their work.
FIRST Nevada
FIRST Nevada inspires young people to explore STEM through hands-on robotics programs that develop technical, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. Working with schools and community partners across the state, the organisation provides pathways for students to build confidence, gain real-world experience, and pursue future education and careers in STEM fields. Mission 44 are working with FIRST Nevada to deepen the impact of their programmes, expanding access to hands-on STEM learning through robotics and mentorship, and increasing exposure to STEM education and career pathways across Las Vegas.
Miami EdTech
Miami EdTech is a non-profit organisation dedicated to closing the digital divide by equipping educators, students, and communities with the skills needed to thrive in the digital economy. Through programs in computer science education, workforce development, and edtech entrepreneurship, they empower underrepresented groups to access high-demand careers and drive innovation in education.
Milk Honey Bees
Milk Honey Bees CIC is a creative and expressive safe space for Black girls to flourish and put H.E.R (Healing, Empowerment and Resilience) first. Through their H.E.R Space Programme, Milk Honey Bees aim to allow Black girls to express themselves and feel empowered whilst connecting with their dreams, passion, and purpose. Mission 44 is partnering with Milk Honey Bees to deliver therapeutic wellbeing and mentorship support to Black girls who have experienced exclusion or are at the risk of exclusion.
Mindful Equity UK
Mindful Equity UK supports Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse educators from early careers to leadership, promoting retention and progression in teaching. They collaborate with ITT providers, employers, and leadership teams to implement diversity frameworks, fostering inclusive practices to ensure a more representative teaching workforce. We’re working with Mindful Equity UK, alongside the National Institute of Teaching and Now Teach, to attract ethnically diverse career changers into the teaching profession and embed anti-racism into the National Institute of Teaching’s Initial Teacher Training (ITT) curriculum.
Motorsport UK
Motorsport UK is the national membership organisation and governing body for four-wheel motorsport, representing competitors, volunteers, clubs, and fans. Mission 44 is partnering with Motorsport UK to deliver Girls on Track, a programme to inspire women and girls to enter careers in motorsport, with a priority on engaging pupils from ethnic minorities and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Together we will create an inclusive community and open doors for young people.
National Institute of Teaching
The National Institute of Teaching improves the quality of teacher and leader development at a system level by carrying out research, applying the insights to our teacher education, and sharing findings with the school sector. We’re working with the National Institute of Teaching, alongside Mindful Equity UK and Now Teach, to attract ethnically diverse career changers into the teaching profession and embed anti-racism into their Initial Teacher Training (ITT) curriculum.
Now Teach
Now Teach is a charity making a unique contribution to teacher recruitment and retention. Their key focus is bringing in career changers who would not have become teachers otherwise and helping them stay in schools for the long term. We’re working with Now Teach, alongside Mindful Equity UK and the National Institute of Teaching, to attract ethnically diverse career changers into the teaching profession and embed anti-racism into the National Institute of Teaching’s Initial Teacher Training (ITT) curriculum.
Oasis
The Oasis charity runs academies in five regions throughout the UK, providing education for over 32,000 young people, 47% of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds, and 31% of whom speak English as an additional language. Mission 44 is partnering with Oasis to support them in developing interventions that reduce the permanent and temporary exclusion rate of Black students. Together we will work to reduce exclusions while creating a safe and inclusive educational environment.
Power The Fight
Power The Fight was launched in 2019 in response to the UK’s rapid increase in serious violence affecting young people, and its disproportionate impact on vulnerable and minority communities. Mission 44 is partnering with the charity to support the delivery and development of its Therapeutic Intervention for Peace programme in London secondary schools. Together we will expand the programme to increase teachers’ cultural competency.
Rekindle School
Rekindle School is a Manchester-based supplementary school that supports economically disadvantaged children by providing meals and expert tuition. Mission 44 is partnering with the charity to deliver The Rekindle Foundation, a virtual home for teaching, learning, training, youth-led research, and activism. Together we will test and evaluate the methods that make Rekindle schools work, and distil them into methodologies that can be taken to government institutions to be replicated nationwide.
Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering harnesses the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and inclusive economy that works for everyone. Mission 44 is partnering with the Academy to launch a new scholarship fund enabling engineering graduates from Black or mixed Black backgrounds to undertake a master’s degree, and providing support to accelerate their career. Together we hope to see 90% of awardees employed in the engineering sector, with the majority in motorsport or F1.
Stevenage Borough Council
The Pioneering Young STEM Futures programme is aimed at giving underserved young people equal access to Stevenage’s STEM careers, through a partnership between Stevenage Borough Council, North Hertfordshire College, Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, and the University of Hertfordshire. Mission 44 is partnering with the programme to address actual and perceived barriers preventing young people from following careers in STEM. Together we will create pathways to provide opportunities for young people in Stevenage.
The Black Curriculum
The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise that seeks to address the lack of Black British history in the national curriculum. Mission 44 is partnering with the enterprise to deliver more consultation audits and teacher training across the UK, enabling schools to teach an empowering form of Black British history. Together we will achieve a better-equipped education sector that has an increased understanding of unconscious bias, anti-racism, and intersectionality.
The Black Women in Science Network
The Black Women in Science (BWiS) Network is a non-profit organisation focused on making connections within the Science sector. The organisation tackles the underrepresentation of Black women in Science through their mission to serve as a space, platform and movement for the community. They provide a supportive space catering to the intersectional experiences of Black women in Science across all career stages. Mission 44 is partnering with BWiS to scale the reach and impact of their work.
The Difference
The Difference creates specialist senior school leaders with the expertise to meet the learning, wellbeing, and safeguarding needs of all children, and most crucially those with high levels of need and vulnerability. Mission 44 is partnering with The Difference to expand the reach of its Leadership Development programme. Together we will drive continuous improvements that ensure leaders graduate from the programme with the necessary expertise, tools, and networks to enact change.
The Traveller Movement
The Traveller Movement is a national civil society organisation that advocates for and works with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) people to tackle discrimination and promote equality. We’re working together to promote a fairer process for school exclusions and to provide greater advocacy support for Gypsy Roma and Traveller students.
upReach
upReach is an award-winning social mobility charity that supports 3,000+ students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to access and sustain top graduate jobs each year. Mission 44 is partnering with upReach to support their beneficiaries to discover career opportunities in Motorsport and secure top STEM employment within the Motorsport sector and beyond.
