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September 21, 2021 | Alice Viner

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

The charity holds quarterly meetingsto share best practice and discuss any issues. The Fringe often takes this opportunity to discuss issues related to social mobility.

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September 21, 2021 | Alice Viner

Bluecoat

Bluecoat recognised it could do more to support these groups to enter and progress through the creative industry.

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September 21, 2021 | Alice Viner

Framestore

Framestore has a dedicated Diversity and Inclusion Board which gathers to discuss issues and solutions across the business.

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September 21, 2021 | Alice Viner

The Old Vic

Diversity and inclusion is embedded as part of The Old Vic’s mission to ensure that theatre is ‘supported, shared and upheld for as many people as possible’, regardless of background, access requirements or age.

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September 21, 2021 | Alice Viner

BBC

The BBC has been striving to foster an inclusive culture, and in 2018, it undertook a number of actions to get a sense of how staff from different socio-economic backgrounds felt about working for the BBC.

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September 21, 2021 | Alice Viner

Sage Gateshead

Sage Gateshead discovered that its artist development programme was not recruiting candidates from less privileged backgrounds.

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Secondment opportunity

The Social Mobility Commission is looking to appoint two secondees to join our dynamic secretariat on a 3-month secondment.  The Social Mobility Commission is an advisory arms-length body which is sponsored by the Cabinet Office. The Social Mobility Commission exists to create a United Kingdom where an individual’s future isn’t determined by the circumstances of […]

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18/05/2023

Employers play a key role in #socialmobility outcomes for many.

They determine where they set up their business, the types of job roles they create, and how and who they recruit; the income set by employers impacts living standards, pension contributions, as well as spending power in their local economy; they also play an important role in the health and wellbeing of employees.

However, with each part of the UK having an individual identity, history and economy, impacting its local population and their opportunities, the challenges to social mobility, and the solutions, may differ from region to region.

That’s where we think the use of our new #Data Explorer tool can help – join us at this event on 7 June at 12pm for employers to find out how you can utilise our new tool to understand your workforce distribution; provide insight for outreach activity and hiring activity; and to serve and support regional communities.

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