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Top Tips for SOMOs – by Boost Awards

Top Tips for SOMOs – by Boost Awards

Boost AwardsDoing yourself justice when entering The UK Social Mobility Awards 2022 (SOMOs) So, you think you deserve a UK Social Mobility Award? You quite possibly do. But standing between you and the recognition you undoubtedly deserve is the (not so) small matter...

Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022: Key Moments

Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022: Key Moments

Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022 - Panellists  By Michelle Udoh | Evaluation & Impact Officer, Making The Leap   Since 2017, the Social Mobility Business Seminar has attracted organisations from across the UK and offered an opportunity to reflect and act...

Reigate Grammar School – ‘School/College of the Year’ 2021

Reigate Grammar School – ‘School/College of the Year’ 2021

Reigate Grammar School  Overview Reigate Grammar School (RGS) was the winner of the ‘School/College of the Year’ award at the UK Social Mobility Awards 2021. Founded in 1675, as a school for poor children, RGS School and Foundation did great work to widen access to...

SOMOs 2021 Winners Case Studies Report

SOMOs 2021 Winners Case Studies Report

In this report, we celebrate the employers and educators who won UK Social Mobility Awards in 2021. Across each of the 11 categories, we examine winners’ activities, enabling factors, challenges overcome, how to measure success, and plans for the future. Our 2021...

Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022

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

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

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

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

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...

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