Making The Leap

It’s #WorldYouthSkillsDay 🙌 At Making the Leap we’re passionate about giving young people the tools, confidence and skills to pursue their aspirations 🎯 In 2022/23, we supported over 4,000 young people through our events, insight days and programmes as they navigate towards a brighter future. Want to learn more about what we do? Visit our website here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dajNg3S

We’re proud to publish our first-ever socioeconomic pay gap report. In 2023, we published research in partnership with the charity Making The Leap – to better understand social mobility, inclusion and belonging for colleagues. At Co-op we already report on our gender and ethnicity pay gaps, but we recognise that socioeconomic background can also be a critical factor in an individual’s earning potential. This new report marks a key milestone in our campaign, driven by our member-owners, to promote social mobility. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e3K-f_Vy

📝 Mock Interview Days 📝 Last week, we visited four schools across London along with some of our dedicated volunteers to interview Year 12 students 🤝 Volunteers from BBD Perfect Storm | a B-Corporation, HSBC, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and The Insolvency Service offered interview tips and feedback to hundreds of students to support them in their future job searches. We’d like to give a huge thank you to all our volunteers for their time, collaboration and advice to equip young people with the skills and confidence to succeed in their journey 📚 Angus Hamilton Nicholas Geelen Kelly Perry Joe Sullivan Anne Weist Jahanara Ullah Arif Karim Holly Reynolds Libby Houghton Isobel Dry Kelly Perry Johurul Islam Jonathon Griggs Laura Redman Lauren Ogilvie Karl Gilbert Nick Dutnall Tony Quinn Fernando Desouches Leah Coughlan Deni Paterson Hannah Hadzhalie Lily Clarke Lili Stebbings Gareth Pryce Felece J. Robyn Johnson Daniel Edwards Reema Kibreab

🖍️ CREATIVE INDUSTRY INSIGHT DAY 🖍️ Our ACE Programme fellows were invited to an insight day at BBD Perfect Storm to learn more about the creative industry. They had the opportunity to: 👏 Hear from former interns who went on to land full-time roles 🎨 Learn about the various roles within the creative industry 💡 Work on a creative marketing strategy based on a live brief Thank you to everyone at BBD Perfect Storm | a B-Corporation for such an insightful day! To learn more about the ACE Programme and other opportunities, for individuals and organisations, visit: https://lnkd.in/dajNg3S Caroline Caulfield Jason Foo Leah Coughlan Minh Ngan Noah Misell Seb Hill and Tony Quinn Clare Caccavone (she/her) Eugene Blavo Elaine Broughton Marlene Anderson and Lucy Pryce

📣 A brand-new episode of the Social Mobility Podcast is now live! In this episode, Paul Lewis - Firmwide Managing Partner at Linklaters, tells us how the leadership team all play a role in sponsoring diversity and inclusion, and how he’s introduced billable credits for those who do DEI on top of their day job. 🎧 Full episode here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/etpphqHM #podcast #diversityandinclusion #responsiblebusiness

We are proud to celebrate 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 by highlighting our ongoing partnership with Making The Leap, an innovative charity transforming the futures of young people from less-advantaged backgrounds. Through our collaboration, Candriam supports Making The Leap in providing essential training to raise aspirations, develop skills, and build confidence in young individuals, preparing them for successful careers. This partnership aligns with our commitment to social inclusion and community support, as we work towards fostering an inclusive society. Special thanks to David Morley and our dedicated team for their involvement and support in this initiative. We are thrilled to contribute to such a meaningful cause and look forward to continuing our efforts to make a real difference in the lives of young people in the UK. Discover more about our initiatives here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dHgKrB25 Together we continue #Investing4Tomorrow #SocialMobilityDay #CommunitySupport #YoungGeneration

Thank you to everyone who attended Making The Leap’s networking event last night on the eve of Social Mobility Day!  It was great to have so many people in the room involved in driving and advancing social mobility in their organisations. Lovely to hear from Craig Emden, Managing Partner at our valued partner, Howard Kennedy LLP and Making The Leap’s Founder and CEO Tunde Banjoko, for an insightful fireside chat sharing their personal career journeys and why social mobility matters. Thank you Craig for joining us and sharing your social mobility moments with us. We were delighted to also hear from some of our Fellows within our alumni community who shared their inspiring stories. Thank you Nkem Ene, Sarah Biria and Wumi Eyiangho for being such brilliant ambassadors for MTL. We were so pleased to have been able to #ShareMoments with our guests ahead of Social Mobility Day!

In honour of Social Mobility day, we're proud to share that we are extending our charity partnership with Making The Leap for another two years. Since partnering in May 2022, we have worked closely with Making The Leap to support young people from less-advantaged backgrounds and our fundraising efforts have raised over £25,000 in FY2023-24. Our volunteers organise events like quiz nights, Tough Mudder challenges, and we directly support participants in Making The Leap’s Aspirations, Character and Employability (ACE) program, offering career insight days at our offices and hosting a week's paid work experience in July 2023. In addition to our fundraising and volunteering activities, we have supported Making The Leap in raising awareness of their vital work to tackle social mobility in the UK. This partnership is a key pillar of our responsible business commitment and continued support of social mobility. We're delighted to be extending our support! Find out more here👇 https://ow.ly/vhsS50ShMhN #MakingtheLeap #Charity #ResponisbleBusiness #SocialMobilityDay

It’s Social Mobility Day! 🌟 We’d like to say a huge thank you to our partners for joining us in working to advance social mobility across the UK. It’s because of their generosity, time and collaboration that we’re able to equip young people with the skills and opportunities they need to succeed. Thank you to: Barclays UK Bates Wells BBD Perfect Storm | a B-Corporation BNP Paribas bp BrandPointZero Candriam CMC Markets Co-op Financial Times Hedley May Howard Kennedy LLP HSBC Hyve Group Liberty. On PA Consulting Pentland Group Limited Snap Inc. StepStone Group