We have a proud legacy. Aleto was a child of the Powerlist which catalogued UK leaders with an African or Caribbean heritage.

The founders, a group of British people of colour, decided to make a contribution to the wider populace by using their lived experience to help tackle the barriers to upward mobility faced by talented people from tough reality backgrounds.

They initially achieved this by, in the words of our motto, "sharing success with tomorrow's leaders."

Over the subsequent 12+ years the following has occurred:

Our name was changed from the Powerlist Foundation to the Aleto Foundation.

We discovered that the barriers to upward mobility are common to many groups within the country.

Major employers have woken up to the realisation that there are large, untapped pools of talent to which access is denied.

The Aleto Foundation has successfully demonstrated to employers that our programme can uncover inaccessible super talented people.

The Aleto Foundation has begun its expansion beyond its roots to encompass tomorrow's leaders from tough reality backgrounds irrespective of their heritage and location within the UK.

"We are a social mobility charity that provides ‘real world’ and practical support to young people who possess the educational foundations, mental capacity, moral foundation, confidence and humility required to inspire others to find common cause and to strive for the improvement of society at large."

Sir Ken Olisa OBE

Chair, Aleto Foundation