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Our mission:
Your ambition
More than a mentoring platform, we're a movement for change, propelling the brightest minds into the best universities. We’re free to join so students can focus on their future - not their finances.
Our digital mentoring platform has powered
10%
Of Oxbridge freshers from low income backgrounds
900+
Offers to Russell Group universities
Our story
"Access to inspiration and guidance is a right."
Joe Seddon graduated from university with £200 left from his student loan and an idea to revolutionise access to higher education. Since then, Zero Gravity has grown from a bedroom startup into a 1000+ community of the UK’s most exciting talent. And this is just the beginning.
Social impact
The Zero Gravity Effect
Shaking up the status quo through the
power of mentoring.
1. Defying gravity
Where we start off in life often pins us down - almost like gravity. Even today, many students must overcome unique challenges to reach the very best universities.
2. Digitally driven
By harnessing the power of digital technology, our mentoring platform connects the UK’s brightest state school students with leading university undergraduates.
3. Guided by experience
Our undergrad mentors share their subject insights and experiences navigating the university application process to get our students ready for top flight study.
4. Connected by ambition
Our growing community is transforming access to higher education, ensuring the brightest minds reach the best universities - no matter their background.
Zero Gravity Fund
Funding the future
From interviews to internships, the price of progress can be high. We’re starting to build the Zero Gravity Fund, which will provide grants to power our students' development through university and beyond.
All our Zero Gravity members will be eligible for funding for book costs, internships expenses and academic enrichment. We’ll even finance our members to pursue social impact projects in their home communities, giving back to the next generation.
Ahead of launch, we're inviting experts and donors to get involved. Help us build the Zero Gravity Fund to support the next generation of top talent.
Social Enterprise
Tech for good.
Free forever.
We’re a certified social enterprise, putting purpose before profit.
We rely on the support of our funders to keep Zero Gravity
free for our members - always.
Corporate structure
Zero Gravity is a collaboration between two organisations:
Zero Gravity Tech Ltd - A certified social enterprise which reinvests income from partnerships into free-to-use mentoring for state school students from low-income backgrounds.
Zero Gravity Fund - a charity which provides cash grants to top university students from low-income backgrounds.
(registered charity number: 1188177)
Impact model
Many businesses have a positive social impact as a by-product of what they do. As a social enterprise we have it at our core. We create positive social impact by providing talented students from low-income backgrounds with the tools they need to succeed, whether that’s mentorship or access to finance.
Whilst the social enterprise and charity share the Zero Gravity name, the two organisations are governed separately and are financially independent.
Social Enterprise funding
Most businesses charge for their services: we don’t. Currently, our social enterprise costs are funded by our social impact investors. In the future, we’ll become self-sustaining by connecting universities and employers with what they need: access to the phenomenal talent of our members. Their support pays for more free services so our community can continue to grow. An exponential virtuous circle with one shared goal - to defy gravity.
Charity funding
The Zero Gravity Fund will be funded by individual and institutional donors who want to support our social mission through charitable giving. Donations to the Fund will be turned into cash grants which are distributed to Zero Gravity members to fund their personal development whilst at university. Our social enterprise provides pro bono services to the Fund so that 100% of donations go to our students.
Get in touch
If you have a press enquiry, want to become a partner, or just want to say hello: feel free to get in touch through our contact form or any of the alternative methods listed below.
General enquiries
Our offices
70 Wilson StLondon
EC2A 2DB
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