The Mullany Fund works with a variety of organsations to deliver its work. Recruiting young people through schools and FE colleges is crucial, so we'd like to thank the teachers who help us do this. We often present to local voluntary organisatons, to recruit young people who might not be confident in coming forward in a school setting. Finally, we collaborate with other respected organisations that promote social mobility and/or STEM careers. Partnering with other organisations enables us to deliver our innovative e-Mentoring service in the most efficient and sustainable manner, offering outstanding value for money.
Social Mobility Foundation
In 2021 Sumayah Hussain was seconded to us from the Social Mobility Foundation. Sumayah supported our "Insight Series" programme by creating resources and recruiting some of our volunteer mentors to take part in live life science webinars, and workshops for aspiring medical school applicants to practice univeristy interview techniques. We are very grateful to the Social Mobility Foundation for supporting this work and we look forward to collaborating with them on future projects.
‘The guest speakers, especially the adult nurse, were excellent at providing me with an insight into the pros and cons of their career as well as the daily, lived-in experience of their jobs.’
National Numeracy
The Mullany Fund has an ongoing collaboration with National Numeracy. Our staff are trained as Numeracy Ambassadors and we have extended numeracy training into our programme resources and mentor training. You can read the article National Numeracy published on The Mullany Fund here.
Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATIC), UWTSD
We have been fortunate to work closely with the team at ATIC who have provided wonderful opportunities for our e-Mentoring students. During the height of the pandemic ATIC ran several virtual workshops around developing a mental health app for young people, more recently facilitating face to face workshops on 3D printing and user (UX) experience.
‘Seeing a team of people, all from different backgrounds work so well together. They each had their area of interest and specialty but they all got along and had a lovely working environment. 3d printing was awesome too!’
STEM Ambassadors
Anyone with industry experience or professional knowledge of STEM subjects can become a STEM Ambassador. We have been invited to present to professionals who have signed up to the STEM Ambassadors Scheme, many of whom have subsequently become Mullany e-mentors. Most recently, this collaboration has enabled us to recruit several engineers into our Mentor Bank, enabling us to confidently extend our mentoring offer into this field.
Swansea University Nursing, Midwifery and Medicine team
A team of Healthcare lecturers at Swansea University have given up their time on several occasions to run workshops for our students, explain the different pathways to healthcare careers, as well as giving an insight into their profession and university life.
‘(The workshop was) realistic and informative. Other workshops can be biased in what they say but this was a great realistic talk that has improved my confidence in applying to University.’
Scarlets Rugby
The medical team at Scarlets rugby have kindly offered week long summer placements for students who engage well with our e-Mentoring scheme. Shadowing a multidisciplinary team made up of physiotherapists, dietitians and psychologists, students witnessed how they work together to make sure players perform on the field and recover quickly off the pitch. We are very grateful and look forward to arranging more placements in the future.
'I thoroughly enjoyed experiencing what it takes to work in the industry. A couple of moments stand out as I reflect on the experience - observing training sessions with the Performance Analyst interns, providing assistance to a few of the physios during rehabilitation sessions for of the injured players.’
Ospreys in the Community
Working with the team at Ospreys in the Community, we have been able to gain access to the young people they work with who are at risk of becoming NEET at age 16. Through engaging with our e-Mentoring project, we hope these young people will gain an understanding of more opportunities available to them and encourage them to think and plan their next steps.
University College London Hospital ( UCLH)
Year 11 and 12 students involved in our e-Mentoring sessions, with an interest in different aspects of medicine, nursing or the Allied Health Professions have been lucky enough to receive week long placements at UCLH as part of their summer programme. Through a combination of workshops, clinical simulations and lectures, the placements aimed to provide a unique insight into qualities needed for 21st century healthcare professionals.