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All funds raised will be used to support high-potential young people from disadvantaged background to access the networks and opportunities they need to flourish in higher education and the work place.
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Situation
Where you grew up, what your parents did and where you went to school are huge predictors of career outcomes in the UK. Only 6% of doctors, 12% of journalists and 12% of CEO's come from working class origins. Even before the pandemic social mobility was stagnating and the issue has been further exacerbated; the result will be that we lose progress on social mobility unless we take significant action now..
Solution
We directly support young people from low-income backgrounds to access top universities and careers through our programme across 11 career sectors. Students join aged 16 and, over 5 years benefit from one to one mentoring, advice, work placements, university and job application support. We also advocate for social mobility and influence employers through the Social Mobility Employers Index, which ranks organisations according to their social mobility activity.
