History
The organisation was founded in 2003 as ESSA by a 17 year old school student, Rajeeb Dey following a Level 1 Award from UnLtd- the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs and support from the Phoenix Education Trust. It was officially launched at the Trades Union Congress in February 2005 where over 200 students gathered to discuss the future direction of the organisation and NUS President Kat Fletcher was the keynote speaker.
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