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The Bridge Group regularly publishes #impact case studies: www.thebridgegroup.org.uk/action1#impact

Our impact has only been possible through collaboration.
Complete our survey on how we could enhance our work to improve #SocialEquality in the UK🙏 ro1flq1hnii.typeform.com/to/ZOMejCkt

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As we celebrate 10 years since we registered as a charity, we are reflecting on the wide range of reports we have produced for our clients. The image shows some of our publicly available reports, which are on our website here: www.thebridgegroup.org.uk/research
#SocialEquality #TenYearsOfBridgeGroup

Graphic with the text: For organisations that want to build socio-economic diversity and inclusion in their workforce, practical advice is available. (1) How to collect socio-economic background data (2) How to use socio-economic background data to inform action (3) How to set targets for socio-economic diversity in the workforce.

Interested in building socio-economic #DiversityAndInclusion in your workforce? Check out our #webinars: (1) Collecting socio-economic background data (2) Using data to inform action (3) Setting targets for a socio-economically diverse workforce
See here: bit.ly/4kJYyyg
#SocialEquality

Watch the Bridge Group’s 1-minute video about who we are, our vision, our impact and how you can help us shape our future.
Then, tell us how we could enhance our work to improve #SocialEquality in the UK over the next 10 years, by completing our short survey: ro1flq1hnii.typeform.com/to/ZOMejCkt

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In our latest #newsletter the Bridge Group celebrates 10 years since we registered as the charity that uses independent #research to promote #SocialEquality. We also launch our anniversary consultation survey and announce that we are an accredited Living Wage Employer. Read it here:
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Graphic with the text: This year we are celebrating 10 years since we registered as a charity. Please help us shape the next 10. Help us to understand how we could enhance our work to improve social equality in the United Kingdom.

To continue making a real and lasting impact, the Bridge Group is keen to hear from you on how we could enhance our work to improve #SocialEquality in the UK over the next ten years. Please complete our short survey: ro1flq1hnii.typeform.com/to/ZOMejCkt

#TenYearsOfBridgeGroup #SocialMobility

The socio-economic duty | Just Fair The socio-economic duty   Just Fair co-leads the 1ForEquality Campaign – which seeks the effective enactment, implementation and enforcement of Section 1 the Equality Act – the socio-economic duty in ...

The Bridge Group joined over 100 organisations calling on the government to finally implement the Socio-Economic Duty (SED) (Section 1, Equality Act 2010).
Let’s move from words to action. It’s time to put fairness first.
Read more here: justfair.org.uk/1forequality/
#MakeItFair #1forEquality

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The Bridge Group Summer newsletter is out soon, with a special issue celebrating 10 years since we registered as a charity, and how you can get involved.

Subscribe and get it sent straight into your inbox: bit.ly/4iYpF9b
#newsletter #SocialMobility #SocialEquality #TenYearsOfBridgeGroup

The Bridge Group team grouped in front of a London skyline, holding a 'Living Wage Employer' sign.

Graphic with the text: We're proud to be a Living Wage Employer committed to paying a wage based on the real cost of living

We are now an accredited Living Wage Employer, so every team member earns a #RealLivingWage 🎉 This reinforces our commitment to creating a positive workplace that values and supports our employees AND aligns with our charity’s mission to make a fairer labour market for all.
More: bit.ly/4louvN4

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As a small charity, the Bridge Group supports #SmallCharityWeek to celebrate the work of small charities in communities across the UK. As we also celebrate #TenYearsOfBridgeGroup we recognise our wide-reaching impact as well as the flexibility and bespoke service that comes from being small in size.

The Bridge Group team is doing some crochet at our Away Day

The Bridge Group is doing some team bonding at our Away Day, and getting really excited about our 10 year anniversary this year!

#SocialMobility #SocialEquality #TenYearsOfBridgeGroup

Jo Platt, MP for the Leigh and Atherton constituency, speaks at the launch of the Social Mobility Alliance in Parliament.

Patricia Ncube and Deb Connor from the Bridge Group hold placards at the launch of the Social Mobility Alliance.

Jenny Baskerville, Deb Conner and Patricia Ncube from the Bridge Group joined other member organisations to celebrate the launch of the Social Mobility Alliance.

Today on #SocialMobilityDay the Social Mobility Alliance is officially launched.
Jenny Baskerville, Patricia Ncube and Deb Conner from the Bridge Group joined others to celebrate the launch & call for policymakers to use their power to break down barriers to opportunity & smash the class ceiling.

A graphic asking the question: What are the business benefits of a socio-economically diverse workforce and a culture of inclusivity and belonging? Arrows pointing to text: Fresh perspectives, Better decision-making, Higher performers, Supports other diversity efforts, Access new talent, Fill skill gaps, Better client outcomes, Individuals fell accepted and valued, Increased profitability, economic growth, Increased productivity, Improved business performance and resilience, Lower staff turnover, Fairness and equality.

Today is #SocialMobilityDay and to mark the day the Bridge Group is asking: What are the business benefits of a socio-economically diverse workforce and a culture of inclusivity and belonging?
Read our blog and #ShiftMindsets
bit.ly/3Z4rOb3
#SocialMobility #TenYearsOfBridgeGroup

Graphic to mark Social Mobility Day with the text: DO IT TO MAKE A BETTER SOCIETY* *Doing it also makes a better business #shiftmindsets

Tomorrow is #SocialMobilityDay.

As we celebrate #TenYearsOfBridgeGroup we know from the evidence that #SocialMobility happens best where employers embrace a culture of #inclusion & belonging, encourage #diversity in recruitment & offer fair opportunities for people from less advantaged backgrounds.

Photos of people with the headline text: Making social equality a reality - 10 years since we registered as a charity.

Today we celebrate 10 years since we registered as the charity that uses independent #research to promote #SocialEquality 🎉 Over the coming months, we'll hold commemorative events and activities, and seek your input to help us shape the next ten years 🙏
More about our anniversary bit.ly/45iQ0tV

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Social Mobility Day 2025: How to embed social mobility into your firm-wide inclusion strategy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abou... This is an exciting event which consists of two parts: We will first host a fireside chat with Duncan Exley, author of “The End of Aspiration? Social Mobility and Our Children’s Fading Prospects” on ...

In advance of #SocialMobilityDay, the Bridge Group’s CEO, Jenny Baskerville, is one of the expert panel at this practical webinar with Diversity Project - Investment Industry, and others, on integrating #SocialMobility into your organisation. 3-4pm BST, 11 June: bit.ly/43BdoBR
#ShiftMindsets

YouTube video by Impetus Impetus | Youth Jobs Gap: Exploring compound disadvantage

New: Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, with low qualifications & special educational needs, are more than 3x as likely to be out of work than the avg. young person.

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Read the full report here: www.impetus.org.uk/youthjobsgap...

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In our latest newsletter, we introduce new members of the Bridge Group team, provide outputs from our webinar on setting targets for socio-economic #diversity and share a blog written by Nik Miller, our outgoing CEO.

Read our Spring #Newsletter: bit.ly/4jXnwe8
#SocialMobility #SocialEquality

Graphic with text from SMC 'State of the Nation' report: Young adults aged 25 to 29 years from a higher professional class background are more than four times more likely to be in a higher professional occupation (32%) than those from a lower working-class background (7%)

Social inequality has a major impact on educational and employment outcomes, with wide gaps between individuals based on their socio-economic background: bit.ly/3UY5YEz

This is why our #vision matters; to promote #SocialEquality in the HE system and labour market via #research.

Bar chart showing how the workforce of the financial services sector is less diverse socio-economically than the wider UK workforce

Levels of socio-economic #diversity in the UK #FinancialServices sector reduce significantly as seniority increases. Find out more about our #research with Progress Together on socio-economic diversity and #progression in financial services: bit.ly/4dwBob5

Disturbing research from the Sutton Trust, shows huge inequalities of opportunity, often in places very close geographically. London is incomparably ranked as the top region for opportunity in England. The life chances of less advantaged young people remain worryingly linked to where they grow up 🔽

Photos of our four new staff members

The Bridge Group is proud to report that we’ve recruited four talented members of staff in the last few months, including a new CEO. Find out why they wanted to come and work with us and their first impressions of working at the charity:
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#NewStaff #Opportunity

Graphic with the text: Setting socio-economic targets: Practical guidance for employers. Watch the 45-minute recording of our webinar and find out: Why we set socio-economic targets, Why understanding the data is so important, and, Slaughter and May's experience of target setting in the legal sector.

Did you miss the Bridge Group’s 45-minute #webinar, with our outgoing CEO, Nik Miller, and Uzma Hamid-Dizier from Slaughter and May, talking about socio-economic diversity targets?

You can catch up by watching the recording here: bit.ly/4lV0q98
#DiversityAndInclusion #TargetSetting #legal

Graphic with the text: Welcome to the Bridge Group. We are a non-profit consultancy that uses research to promote social equality. We offer services in (1) Research, (2) Consultancy, and (3) Engagement and advocacy.

Ten years ago the Bridge Group registered as a charity. Since then we have supported many organisations with expertise, #research and know-how to make a real, lasting impact on socio-economic #diversity and #SocialEquality.
Find out more about what we can do for you:
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The Bridge Group Spring newsletter is out soon🌷
Subscribe and get it sent straight into your inbox: bit.ly/4iYpF9b
#newsletter #SocialMobility #SocialEquality

What does May Day mean for workers and employees in 2024? — Bridge Group We mark May Day (or International Workers' Day) by reflecting on the advances of workers’ and employees’ rights since the day was first celebrated nearly 150 years ago, but also the work that still li...

Today, in over 160 countries, we celebrate International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day. Read our blog from 2024, reflecting on the advances of employees’ rights since the day was first celebrated 150 years ago bit.ly/3xRtxFX

#InternationalWorkersDay #inequality Image Boris Curto

Photo of Jenny Baskerville with the text: The Bridge Group is delighted to welcome Jenny Baskerville as she starts her new role as our CEO.

Jenny Baskerville, the Bridge Group’s new CEO started her role at the charity this week 🎉
Jenny says: “I am delighted to have got started with the Bridge Group - a charity I have long admired, having benefited at KPMG from their robust research and practical recommendations” bit.ly/44P9EgW
#welcome