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Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022
The UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) are holding their annual Social Mobility Business Seminar for the fifth year running on the morning of Thursday 24th of March! The Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022 is taking place from 9.30am – 12pm, at The Royal Society of...
SOMOs 2021: Key Findings Report
Employers and educational institutions continued to advance social mobility in 2020-21, in spite of ongoing challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most social mobility work over this period aimed to reach, recruit and retain people from less advantaged...
UK Social Mobility Awards 2021 – Winners Announced
SOMOs 2021 Winners On the afternoon of Thursday 14th October, the UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) hosted it’s fifth annual awards gala and announced the winners to this year’s event. Taking place as a virtual ceremony for the second year in a row, we were delighted...
2020 Winners’ Case Studies – Interim Report
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 UK Social Mobility Awards took a very different format from previous years. However, work to advance social mobility continued across a range of industries and locations throughout the UK. The 2020 Winners’ Case Studies...
SOMOs 2019: Winners’ Case Studies Report
In 2019, the UK Social Mobility Awards built on the success of previous years, with a 30% increase in both entrants and entries. The 2019 SOMOs Winners’ Case Studies Report takes a closer look into the winner of each of the SOMO categories, including individual and...
SOMOs 2019: Key Findings Report
In 2019, the UK Social Mobility Awards built on the success of previous years, with a 30% increase in both entrants and entries. Leading the Charge: How leading UK organisations are supporting social mobility takes a category-by-category look at what entrants did, and...
Social Mobility Matters
In the last two months, we have seen a myriad of research being published to highlight the developments taking place around social mobility, and raising awareness to the issues that those most vulnerable in the UK are facing because of these developments. This blog...
2020 Winners’ Case Studies – Interim Report
All the SOMO 2020 WinnersWe are excited to bring you the 2020 Winners' Case Studies - Interim Report The last year was an unprecedented year for everyone, which brought about many challenges and new learning curves, especially for UK organisations. Despite this...
“Social mobility is at the heart of the University’s strategy” – Thoughts from the SOMO 2020 University Winners, University of Derby
University of Derby and their SOMOs trophy.As we near the entry deadline for the fifth annual UK Social Mobility Awards, we are talking to some of the brilliant organisations and individuals who won an award at the 2020 Awards ceremony. We have reached out and spoken...
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The UK Social Mobility Awards is a fundraising initiative for the registered charity, Making The Leap