PROMOTING OPPORTUNITY (THROUGH SOCIAL MOBILITY) Criteria...
To apply for the Promoting Opportunity award, your company must also meet the following additional criteria: z Have had a social mobility programme running for more than two years; z Provide evidence of the programme’s benefits (for example, to your organisation and employees). Your improvements should help socially disadvantaged individuals or groups and be in one of the following areas: z Work experience, careers advice or mentoring for young people; z Offering non-graduate routes, such as traineeships or changing recruitment practices, giving equal support and progression opportunities to all employees.
The Queen’s Awards have themselves demonstrated an innovative approach over the years and introduced new categories and updates to ensure their relevance within current business markets. And so a new award was welcomed in 2017, entitled Promoting Opportunity (Through Social Mobility), to acknowledge companies that are making great strides in putting into place employment schemes, training opportunities and youth development programmes. Promoting Opportunity (Through Social Mobility) offers companies an opportunity to be rewarded for and share their motivational stories from across the UK. There were 18 winners in the Promoting Opportunity (Through Social Mobility) category for 2021. The general eligibility criteria for The Queen’s Awards can be found on the website https://www.gov.uk/queens- awards-for-enterprise/eligibility.
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