Social Impact

Social enterprises are businesses which trade for a social purpose that reinvest or donate over half their profits to further this social or environmental mission. They are an increasingly important part of the UK economy contributing £60 billion and employing 2 million people. Estimates are there are 100,000 in the UK. Research carried out by Social Enterprise UK, the membership body for the sector, shows they are outperforming traditional businesses when it comes to start-up rates, turnover growth and innovation. They are also ahead of the pack when it comes to workforce diversity and pay. For more information and statistics see Social Enterprise UK’s State of Social Enterprise Report 2019 and the ‘Hidden Revolution’ report which showed the true scale and impact of the sector.

By choosing My Online Schooling for your child, you are also supporting us to improve access to quality education across the globe. Furthermore, your child will have the opportunity to learn about our charity partners and the causes we support through assemblies and fun, engaging activities.

At My Online Schooling, we are constantly striving to do better for our people and our planet and becoming a Social Enterprise is a recognition of this commitment to responsible and impactful business, and an important milestone in our journey.

REUK supports over 550 young refugees and asylum seekers to thrive in education. For each one of these young people, REUK offers guidance in overcoming the significant barriers to accessing education, supports their achievement of significant education outcomes, and helps them use their education to create meaningful futures in leadership and employment. REUK’s flagship educational mentoring programme matches young refugees with trained volunteer mentors across London, the East of England, Oxford and Birmingham; their educational wellbeing programme addresses the acute educational and mental health challenges that some young people face; the educational progression programme supports young people looking to access further and higher education; and their training programme upskills practitioners and professionals in supporting young refugees. REUK also conducts research in the UK and internationally on the subject of refugee education.

Refugee Education UK run various programmes supporting the education and wellbeing of young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Their Educational Progression programme enables young refugees and asylum seekers to plan and navigate viable pathways through education. My Online Schooling has partnered with REUK as part of this ambitious programme, offering free spaces and funding data packages for the refugees and asylum seekers that they are working with.

At My Online Schooling, we believe that every child deserves access to an education that works for them, no matter who they are, and where they have come from.

When young refugees and asylum seekers arrive in the UK, they often face numerous barriers to accessing consistent education and wellbeing support that is appropriate to their level, circumstances and individual needs. It can also often take a long time to gain access to permanent accommodation and a space at school or college.

My Online Schooling’s live, digital classrooms, Additional Support Needs services and pastoral care can be accessed from anywhere. By joining My Online Schooling, young asylum seekers and refugees can be welcomed into a forward thinking, internationally minded educational community straight away, which they can continue to be a part of, even if they are required to move around.

As a social enterprise, My Online Schooling is committed to giving back to our global community. Adhering to the values and ethos of our school, we strive to support the development of a better world for us all. We truly believe online education can help us move towards this goal. No borders. No barriers.

“Refugee Education UK equips young refugees to build positive futures by thriving in education. In conflict, schools are destroyed, occupied by armed groups and used to shelter displaced people. Where learning continues, students and teachers can be targets of violence. For many, continuing to learn is just not possible.

When children and families are forced to flee their homes, they miss out on more education as they make dangerous journeys trying to find a place of safety.

For refugees arriving in Europe, education is a priority: it’s how lives begin to be rebuilt and hope for the future is rekindled. But getting back into and progressing in education is fraught with challenge.

We want things to be different.”REUK Mission Statement

Many young refugees are among the one million children in the UK who do not have access to adequate technology at home. For young people whose learning will already have been disrupted throughout their experiences of displacement, being without a laptop now further delays their ability to access their right to education.

Screen Share exists to support, inform and advocate for digital inclusion for young refugees. They do this primarily by repurposing used laptops and gifting them to young refugees in the UK.

“Being a student and finding work is almost impossible without internet access. We want to do something about it.”Moses Seilter, Founder of Screen Share

My Online Schooling has partnered with Screen Share in two ways; firstly, by making our Edinburgh office a used laptop drop-off point for local businesses and individuals, and secondly, promoting Screen Share’s work and and services to our network of businesses and families, asking them to donate their old laptops too.