Tunde Banjoko
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Tunde Banjoko was awarded an OBE in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to employment and training. He is a former pupil of the Royal Wolverhampton School
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LEAP was established in 1996 and is loosely based on the American STRIVE model. It uses workshops to teach students the right attitudes and behaviour to succeed in the job market. People who finish the programme have a 70% chance of securing a job compared with a 30% chance for those completing the government's new deal initiative.
Royal Wolverhampton School
The Royal Wolverhampton School began life as The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in 1850. It was founded by John Lees, a local lock-manufacturer and freemason, after a cholera epidemic ravaged the town and left many children orphaned...
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Local Employment Access Projects
Banjoko is the founder and chief executive of LEAP (Local Employment Access Projects), a registered charity which aims to increase the employment chances and self-esteem of people from disadvantaged communities.LEAP was established in 1996 and is loosely based on the American STRIVE model. It uses workshops to teach students the right attitudes and behaviour to succeed in the job market. People who finish the programme have a 70% chance of securing a job compared with a 30% chance for those completing the government's new deal initiative.