The Access Project
Alison Perry possesses extensive experience in retail and corporate partnerships, currently serving as Corporate Partnerships Manager at The Access Project since August 2021. Prior to this role, Alison spent over a decade at PDSA, where significant contributions included effective range planning, creating unique product collaborations, and enhancing the charity's retail presence. Earlier experience includes positions at the University of Birmingham Guild of Students, where operational management and business development skills were honed. Additional roles at Warehouse Fashions, Clinique, and Wolverhampton Art Gallery further solidified retail management expertise. Alison holds a Bachelor of Arts in History with History of Art & Design from the University of Wolverhampton.
The Access Project
The Access Project is an innovative education and social mobility charity that helps high potential young people from under-resourced backgrounds beat the odds and secure places at top universities. Our volunteers are trained and supported to be exceptional tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors the students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works. A young person who has participated in The Access Project’s programme is more than twice as likely to go to a top university than another student with the same academic track record and background.