Hymans Robertson Foundation's Marcella Boyle and Paul Waters
The Hymans Robertson Foundation has marked ten years of supporting disadvantaged young people and communities across London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Since its establishment in 2016, the consultancy said its foundation had distributed £1.9m in grants – supporting more than 11,600 young people through charity partnerships and a further 3,100 through bursaries.
It said the foundation was its principal means of charitable giving and aimed to help young people access opportunities, improve their financial wellbeing, and build brighter futures.
Hymans Robertson Foundation chief executive Marcella Boyle said: "Reaching our tenth birthday is a very special moment for the Hymans Robertson Foundation.
"Over the last decade, we've had the privilege of working alongside fantastic charity partners including Bernardo's, FARE Scotland, St Basil's, Works+, and Money Ready, all of which share our belief that every young person should have the opportunity to reach their potential. Through these partnerships, we've seen first-hand how support can help young people build confidence and access opportunities that can shape the course of their lives.
"What stands out most is the practical difference employability and education support can make. Whether it is helping a young person travel to an interview, access training, buy essential materials, or take the next step towards education, learning or employment, our bursaries can remove barriers that might otherwise hold them back. Opportunities like these can be truly transformative.
"We're incredibly proud of honour charity partners support to young people. We are also thankful for the support from our Bursary city-based co-funders. Our joint funding has supported the Wee Bursary Glasgow, and more recently Edinburgh, and the Brummie Bursary in Birmingham. Over the past six years the city bursary programme has supported more than 3,100 young people, helping with practical costs linked to education, training, employment and those young people in real hardship."
Hymans Robertson Foundation chair Paul Waters added: "While we're proud to have supported so many young people through our charity partners and thousands more through our bursary programmes, we know there is still much more to do.
"We'll refresh our strategy with a continuing focus on supporting financially vulnerable young people in our priority cities with education, learning and employment opportunities. We'll continue to invest our time with charity partners, co-funders, colleagues and communities to help more young people build confidence, access opportunities and move towards a better future."
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