Deadline: 24-Jun-22
Nominations are now open for the UK Social Mobility Awards.
The purpose of the UK Social Mobility Awards is to encourage those private and public sector organisations for whose purpose is otherwise, to make the advancement of social mobility a key part of how their “business” is run.
The UK Social Mobility Awards were the first national awards event dedicated to social mobility. Winning an award not only profiles your organization as a leader in social mobility, but it also raises the spirits of your team as their winning work is celebrated and helps in the recruitment of the best talent.
Categories
- Organizational
- Organization of The Year: Celebrates those firms making an outstanding commitment to social mobility issues.
- Innovation: Recognizes an organization that is leading the way in supporting social mobility in new and innovative ways.
- Leadership of The Year: Recognizes those companies who have made their commitment to social mobility to new places in unexpected ways, affecting systemic change along the way.
- Recruitment Program of The Year: Celebrates the organizations leading the way in recruitment practices.
- Progression Program of The Year: Celebrates organizations that are committed to pushing talent upwards and upwards.
- Community Program of The Year: Celebrates the organizations that are making a tangible difference to our communities.
- School/College of The Year: Recognizes the secondary schools and colleges making an outstanding commitment to social mobility issues.
- University of The Year: Celebrates those universities making an outstanding commitment to social mobility issues.
- Start Up of The Year NEW for 2022: Celebrates the start-ups that are leading the way in SEB inclusion.
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Individual
- Champion of The Year: Celebrates a senior leader who has had the imagination to “think big”.
- Mentor of The Year: celebrates those who help the development of those from a less-advantaged background.
- Rising Star: Recognizes those in the early stages of their career making a significant contribution to advancing social mobility
Why enter the UK Social Mobility Awards?
- Showcase your achievements
- Be acknowledged for your organization’s social mobility accomplishments. Get recognition for prioritizing an important initiative.
- Celebrate with your team
- Inspire your current employees (and students!) by celebrating your achievements. Attract future talent by sharing your commitments to social mobility.
- Be a recognized leader
- Share best practice with other organizations to inform their social mobility work. Motivate other organizations to get involved with social mobility.
Benefits
By entering this year’s awards you will:
- Highlight and showcase your team’s achievements and how you have improved social mobility
- Get your entry seen and assessed by a panel of quality judges
- Benchmark your achievements with others all over the country
- Get invaluable media exposure
- Boost morale by doing something so outstanding that it needs to be celebrated
- Help spread social mobility best practice across the UK
- Be a leader in social mobility and receive recognition from your peers
Eligibility Criteria
- This awards program is only open to UK-based private sector and public sector organisations, universities, and schools that have at least 50 employees, with the exception of the Small Business of the Year category which is open to organizations who employ up to 50 employees .
- The UK Social Mobility Awards is an event for organisations. The individual categories are for individuals nominated by their eligible organization.
For more information, visit UK Social Mobility Awards.
For more information, visit https://www.somo.uk/