Welcome to the UK Social Mobility Awards 2026
– a nationwide leadership initiative focused on advancing social mobility
We champion the advancement of social mobility by recognising and celebrating employers and educators working to improve it.
SOMOS 2025 Highlights
CONGRATULATIONs TO ALL SOMO 2025 winners
KEY DATES 2026
January
SOMOs website launch
APRIL 22nd
Social Mobility Business Seminar
April 27th
June 11th
June 26th
Entries deadline
June 29th to July 10th
Shortlisting
July 13th
Shortlist announced
July
Judging days
October 6th
NEWS
Leading the way: Winners’ Case Studies from the UK Social Mobility Awards 2025
In this report, we celebrate best practice to advance social mobility in 2024-25, focusing on the employers and educators who won UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) in 2025. Across 14 award categories, we explore what winners did to advance social mobility in 2024-25,...
Social Mobility in Graduate Jobs – Still in First Gear?
Padmini Iyer, Claire Tyler & Lindsey Macmillan In our latest blog, we’re delighted to be joined by Dr Claire Tyler and Professor Lindsey Macmillan from UCL’s Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO) to explore similarities in the findings...
Still in first gear? Advancing social mobility in 2024-25
In this research report, we examine what UK public and private sector employers are doing to advance social mobility in 2024-25. By analysing data submitted by over 100 organisations to the UK Social Mobility Awards in 2025, we examine what employers are doing across...
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