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Creative Mentor Network

Creative Mentor Network is a charity supporting young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds into careers in the creative industries through mentoring. Our mission is to create fair access to creative industry careers for young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Through access to a trained mentor, networking opportunities and support finding employment, young people build their networks and develop their understanding of the career paths available so they can make informed decisions about their future and achieve their potential.

Our model is designed so that everyone wins: career opportunities for young people; training for employees; and access to diverse talent for businesses.

www.creativementornetwork.or Find out more

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO London)

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO London) is a UK-registered charity delivering superior educational, training, and mentoring support to young people from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds. SEO London programmes focus on pre-professional development (Schools programmes), career access (Careers programmes) and long-term success within elite global industries (Alumni programmes). Launched in 2000, SEO London has subsequently delivered two decades of transformative leadership in the UK workplace diversity and inclusion segment. Thousands of SEO London alumni now work in the UK and global corporates and firms, many holding senior leadership positions.

SEO London goes far beyond recruitment operations to create a lasting and powerful community of diverse talent with over 9,000 registrants from more than 120 UK universities. Our holistic training helps candidates to succeed deep into their careers. Our charitable mission and structure magnify our impact by permitting us to engage with more than 8,000 alumni in our training and mentorship programmes. SEO London engages with a gender-balanced mix of ethnically diverse candidates with strong academic performance, social-mobility-qualifying characteristics and demonstrated interest in the industries we work with.

https://www.seo-london.org/ Find out more

The 5% Club

A skills campaigning charity of a dynamic movement of nearly 500 employers committed to earn & learn as part of building and developing the workforce they need as part of a socially mobile, prosperous and cohesive nation. The Club exists to help its members and all employers increase further the number, quality and range of earn & learn opportunities across the UK. By joining The 5% Club, members aspire to achieve 5% of their workforce in earn and learn positions (including apprentices, sponsored students and graduates on formalised training schemes) within five years of joining.

https://www.5percentclub.org.uk/ Find out more

The Talent Tap

Established as a charity since 2018, The Talent Tap (1183124) is a high performing organisation making a real difference to the lives of young people experiencing poor social mobility in predominantly rural and coastal communities across the country.
Our mission is to reach out to talented school leavers from social mobility cold spots offering them the training, work experience, networks, and confidence they need to succeed.
Our goal is equal access to professional jobs for young people, regardless of socio-economic background

http://www.thetalenttap.com Find out more

WeMindTheGap

We believe that giving meaningful opportunities, combined with ongoing support and care, transforms young people’s futures. Our mission is to give new opportunities in life and work to under-served young people in our local communities through the provision of a totally holistic programme which includes 26 weeks of paid employment. This programme helps to address any gaps the young person may be experiencing in maturation, aspiration, confidence, care and skills.

http://www.wemindthegap.org.uk Find out more

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