Quickline gives young people key support with Hull charity

Quickline has teamed up with charity Run With It in a three-year partnership that will help fund its expansion south of the Humber, alongside enrichment days to boost key work skills for young people.

The Hull-based educational charity is seeing demand for support at an all-time high across Hull and East Yorkshire.

Run With It helps support learners who struggle to thrive in a traditional classroom setting by teaching them in environments like football stadiums, shopping centres and entertainment venues.

Currently working out of four sites north of the Humber, at Hull’s MKM stadium, Flemingate shopping centre in Beverley, Bridlington Town Football Club and Sewell Group Craven Park in east Hull, this new partnership means the charity can now expand its operations to cover Lincolnshire, including north and north east Lincolnshire.

Lisa Dawson, Director of Run With It, said: “Our partnership with Quickline will allow us to do provide our Enrichment Days alongside our 10-week intervention programmes with funding available to schools.

“We want to help improve literacy and numeracy across the board because that, in turn, improves key work-based skills, raises confidence and instils much-needed self-belief.”

The charity will be working at various sites across Lincolnshire and has already forged links with partners at Humberside Airport.

Dawson continued: “While we pilot this programme, we will be working with existing organisations and the funding from Quickline means we are bringing money to the region, opening the doors so that as many young people as possible can access our programmes.”

The collaboration with Run With It is part of an extensive social value programme the altnet provider has committed to as part of Project Gigabit.

Image shows (L-R): Run With It charity Director Lisa Dawson with Quickline’s Rachel Bowerman