Snap Inc.’s Post

Today is Social Mobility Day, a topic that’s very close to my heart as a person who grew up on a council estate in Manchester with very little knowledge of what an executive career could look like, or that this could be an option for me. Social mobility is something all businesses should be taking an active role in. At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together enables us to create innovative products that keep our 21m diverse users engaged and happy - a critical factor for growth. To support this year’s Social Mobility Campaign #ShareMoments, I wanted to share some of the incredible work our Snap Philanthropy team are doing in the UK: 👩💻 We help empower students from under-resourced communities by supporting equitable access to education and exposure to career opportunities in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) 🚀 We partner with organisations like Zero Gravity and Making The Leap to help us reach emerging top talent - and are thrilled to be welcoming 15 new students to our Snap Lens Lab work experience programme with the Royal College of Art this summer! 💻 We launched the UK’s first AR Lens Challenge Hackathon hosting 50 students from four schools across London to educate them on the power of AR and teach them how to build a lens in one day! 👂We partnered with Empathy Week and Suit Up to host 60 students from under-represented backgrounds across five UK schools to learn about the power of using Empathy in the workplace 💬 We provide access to mentors for untapped talent and under-resourced communities through our partnership with The Social Mobility Foundation 👨🏾🍳 And we support our Snap team members to help make a positive impact in their local communities - our UK team dedicated over 683 hours with 240 team members volunteering at different experiences last year A very special thanks to the incredible Cordelia B. for creating and leading our Philanthropy programme in the UK - and to all those at Snap 👻 who bring this to life every day. #ShareMoments #SocialMobility #SocialMobilityDay #Diversity