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Social Mobility Foundation

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The Social Mobility Foundation is a London-based charity that works on social mobility with young people and employers, incorporated in 2005. Its Aspiring Professionals Programme supports high-achieving young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with mentoring, skills sessions and access to internships and residentials. For employers, it runs the Social Mobility Employer Index, an annual assessment that benchmarks employer practice on social mobility across eight areas. Entries open in March and close in June, and entrants receive individual feedback in winter, when key findings and a Top 75 list are published. Employers can also partner with the charity by hosting internships and residentials, volunteering at skills events, running insight sessions or taking part in its research and campaigns. Fees for the Employer Index and partnerships are not published on its website. The charity states that the Index had 140 entrants in 2025 and that more than 400 employers have entered it in recent years. It gives its charity numbers as 1115888 in England and Wales and SC051842 in Scotland. Besides London, it has offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester. The company was first registered as The Linkson Fellowship and took its current name in 2006.

Stonewall

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Stonewall is a London-based charity for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people, launched in 1989, with a workplace programme. Its main offer for employers is Proud Employers, a membership programme for organisations in the public, private and third sectors, from small teams to large companies. Members get up to eight hours of consultancy, unlimited helpdesk access, a training library, monthly webinars, members-only events and a private forum, with up to five logins to the Proud Employers Hub. Stonewall also runs LGBTQ+ workplace training online and in person, from a 90-minute Introduction to LGBTQ+ Allyship session to a six-month LGBTQ+ Leadership Programme for LGBTQ+ staff. Membership prices are not published and vary with the size and needs of the organisation. Members get 20% off Stonewall training and can apply for the Proud Employers Accreditation at no extra cost, while non-members pay a one-off fee. The accreditation scores employers across nine areas of practice and awards one of four levels, valid for two calendar years. Stonewall Equality Limited is a registered charity (number 1101255) and company (number 02412299), incorporated in August 1989.

The Diversity Trust

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The Diversity Trust is a London-based community interest company (CIC) for equality, diversity and inclusion work, established in the UK in 2012. It runs in-house training and consultancy for employers, with courses on bias, disability, race and anti-racism, LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer) inclusion, menopause, neurodiversity, hate crime and sexual harassment, among other topics. Training is delivered online or in person. Interactive workshops last 1.5 to 3.5 hours for up to 25 people, large group webinars take up to 100, and some courses run as a full day. It also carries out equality and accessibility audits, research and policy work, and supports organisations with the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty. Its 2026 rate card lists workshops of up to 3.5 hours at £995 online or £1,295 in person, workshops for leaders and managers at £1,695 and a full day's training at £1,895. Audits cost £1,895 a day and consultancy £995 a half-day, all excluding VAT (value added tax). The Diversity Trust CIC was incorporated in July 2012 (company number 08141031) and also has an office in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Its founder and chief executive is Berkeley Wilde.

upReach

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upReach is a UK social mobility charity founded in 2012, with offices in London, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and Newcastle. It gives free one-to-one career support to undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds who went to UK state schools, helping them reach and stay in competitive graduate jobs. The Rise programme typically lasts three years, Aim supports applications to partner employers, and Sector Springboards cover banking and finance, engineering, insurance, law and technology. For employers, it promotes graduate roles to its students and coaches them through each firm's recruitment process. It also matches staff with students as mentors for six months and arranges internships and Professional Experience Weeks, with events run in person and online. It is a registered charity in England and Wales (number 1158896) and is also registered in Scotland (SC054356). It states that 3,353 students took part in its programme in 2025/26, supported by 51 full-time programme coordinators. It also states that 98 of the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers have made offers to its students since 2015.