About Making Education a Priority (MEaP)
Community-led, culturally-inspired, high-quality education for all at every stage of life.
For Individual Success, Community Thriving, Social Inclusion and Economic Growth
Years Old (2013-2026)
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Celebrating 13+ years of Making Education a Priority (MEaP)
Founded in 2013, we are a consortium of African and African Caribbean-led organisations delivering high quality educational, social and cultural provision across the Greater Manchester area. Our consortium consists Highway Hope, Grace Incorporation Faith Trust (GIFT) Academy, Twilight Supplementary School, Nurturing Foundations and MaCTRI.
About our Vision & Mission
Our Vision
Our vision is for a community-led, culturally-aware, heritage-inspired, high-quality education and community lifelong learning for all at every stage of life as key drivers for urban regeneration.
Our Mission
Our mission is to build capacity within the community education sector for Individual Success, Community Thriving, Social Inclusion and Economic Growth.
About our Core Values
Community-Led, Culturally-Relevant, High-Quality Education
MEaP emphasises the cultural heritage of learners, particularly focusing on Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities, to make learning personally relevant and engaging.
Lifelong Learning
MEaP believe in learning as a continuous process beyond school years, and we provide projects that give opportunities to community members of all ages to start or grow careers.
Global Citizenship
A UNICEF Rights Respecting organisation, MEaP nurtures critical thinkers into becoming “global citizens with a local presence“.
Social Justice, Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity
MEaP is committed to tackling social exclusion and poverty, supporting under-achieving individuals and those with learning and other difficulties.
Community Collaboration
A family champion and community lead, MEaP works with families and the wider community to support individuals, “Achieving Together.”
Empowerment, Holistic Development
MEaP aims to empower underrepresented communities, amplifying their voices, raising individuals’ expectations, nurturing emotional confidence and redefining perceptions of these individuals.
About some of our measurable goals:
Our measurable goals can be broken down into overarching goals such as honouring our values, and our 10 focus areas such as Employability or Supplementary Education (Core Subject Support), reduced to 5 for clarity.
- Deliver quality, culturally-aware, community-led, accessible, up-to-date, diverse education…
- Form partnerships with educational, cultural, social, government and corporate providers, locally, nationally and internationally to continually strengthen our educational provision within the communities we serve.
- Share teaching, expertise, research, capital and human resources across the consortium and best practices beyond.
- Focus on teaching all core curriculum subjects (English, Maths and Sciences).
- Provide a variety of after-school provision options, including location and using digital, creative education and training as well as heritage studies as media for teaching core curricula.
- Grow our consortium of supplementary schools across the Greater Manchester area.
- Provide high quality, academically relevant extra-curricular enrichment activities across the consortium.
- Provide diverse, engaging and enriching experience to kindle self-expression and guide futures
- Use digital, creative education and training as well as heritage studies as media for teaching core curriculum subjects.
- Expand our programme of community lifelong learning initiatives.
- Mentor young people in employability and enterprise skills.
- Develop education and enterprise programmes which include apprenticeship programmes.
Community
Food banks, Digital Provision and more community support.
- Share teaching, research, capital and human resources across the consortium.
- Family Mediation including conflict resolution
- Community voice through Advocacy and events
- Support volunteer teachers across the consortium with their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Initial Teacher Training (ITT).
- Expand our programme of community lifelong learning initiatives.
Employability
Training & Events, Enterprising, Work Experience
- Develop and deliver employability training programmes and/or events that upskill in labour markets’ most in-demand skills.
- Faciliate Enterprising programmes.
- Enable 10+ work upskilling experience every year including internships, staff development, apprenticeships…
- Support volunteer teachers across the consortium with their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Initial Teacher Training (ITT).
- Support CPD and ITT with high quality community-led national and international research
- Write policies and other publications and advocate
- Support volunteer teachers across the consortium with their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Initial Teacher Training (ITT).
- Expand our programme of community lifelong learning initiatives.
- Develop education and enterprise programmes which include apprenticeship programmes.
About our board of Directors (leadership)
Committed, passionate and caring, our leadership team of experienced professionals are united in our belief that high quality, culturally enlightened community education can have a hugely positive and transformative impact on young people’s lives. By providing young people from ethnic and disadvantaged backgrounds with a safe, disciplined and nurturing environment, we work together to enable them to raise their expectations, achieve positive educational and emotional outcomes, and realise their full potential.
Esther Oludipe, PhD MRPharmS, Pastor/span>
Community Pharmacist | Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the General Pharmaceutical Council | Scientist | Lecturer | Researcher | a Fellow of the School of Social Entrepreneur…
Ms Hambeleleni Abisai
Ms Hambeleleni Abisai is our co-Head of MEaP Academy Lifelong Learning and is also responsible…
Mr Henry Ngawoofah
Mr Henry Ngawoofah is Head of MEaP Employability and a co-founder Grace Incorporation Faith…
Dr Ornette D Clennon
Dr Ornette D Clennon is MEaP Head of Research and Twilight Academy…
Mrs Jumoke Quadri
Co-Director at MEaP | Director at Nurturing Foundations l NCVO Small Charities Advisory Panel (SCAP) member | Chair at Briscoe Lane Academy Wise Owl Trust l Director at Making Education a Priority l Education Consultant l Mentor l Mental Health