Opportunity

We broaden opportunities for people to develop the skills and confidence needed to build successful working lives.

Our ambition is to create 100 opportunities for people from groups underrepresented in professional jobs in the UK. We will do this through initiatives such as internships, mentorships, and scholarships, by the end of 2025.

Our Internship partners

We're committed to creating meaningful opportunities and breaking down barriers for underrepresented youth through partnerships with organisations such as:

10,000 Black Interns

Providing paid summer internships through 10,000 Black Interns to help transform the horizons and prospects for young black people in the UK.

How we support underrepresented talent

Career Ready

By providing mentoring, masterclasses and internships, we’re empowering young people who face barriers in education and employment to advance their prospects and discover their potential.

How we set people up to succeed

Projects we support

We work on a number of projects to boost opportunity, and are particularly proud of:

Rise by ICAEW

Partnering ICAEW’s social mobility programme, Rise, by supporting GCSE students from low socio-economic backgrounds with skills workshops.

Go to ICAEW website

RefuAid

Our work with Refuaid, supporting refugees to gain their ACCA qualification for free, enabling them to find work in accounting.

Go to RefuAid website

Hear from those benefiting from these opportunities

Career Ready mentoring helps me by extending my knowledge on topics I didn’t know I needed when it comes to the working world. Having a mentor allows me to learn new things and develop new skills to prepare me for my future in the world of work.

The 10,000 Black Interns Foundation is important because it creates pathways for Black students and graduates to access professional opportunities, promotes diversity and inclusion within industries, and helps address systemic inequality by fostering career development and economic mobility