The corporate world has focused on widening out opportunities – for women, on ethnicity, disability and sexuality.
Let’s recognise that a successful and fairer future lies in actively lifting up lower socioeconomic groups wherever they are across the country to unlock potential and create opportunity for all.
Successful collaboration was evident at the very first session of the Partnerships with Purpose initiative
The scheme aims to set new standards for cross-sector partnerships, creating positive and impactful change.
Let’s be clear: this Conservative party is dead. Those who killed it should own up so we can move on
The local elections wipeout proves that out-Reforming Reform cannot and does not work. Both Tories – and Labour – need to rethink hard and fast.
There are many indicators for social inequality but perhaps the starkest are found in life expectancy figures
The lowest life expectancy for men and women is in Blackpool at 73.1 and 78.9 years. In contrast, men living in Hart in Hampshire have the highest life expectancy at 83.4 years. Women in Kensington and Chelsea in London can expect to live to 86.5 years.
EMS Healthcare Celebrates 25 Years of Impact with Launch of Social Impact Report at the Houses of Parliament
EMS Healthcare has officially launched its first-ever Social Impact Report at the Houses of Parliament, celebrating 25 years at the forefront of delivering innovative mobile medical solutions.
I have always believed in the power of collective action to drive change
Continuing to work together - across party and sectors – and motivated by an ambition to do the right thing, we can break down the barriers to opportunity and create a more equitable and prosperous society.
Lack of socioeconomic diversity highlighted in journalism
You’ve got to see it to be it but it’s still too often the case in some professions there are simply not the role models.
How one NHS Trust is working with students to develop a workforce fit for the future
Our Purpose Lab student ambassadors recently heard directly from the NHS Trust ranked the top Trust in England in 2024 about the opportunities it offers.
University of Chester students and staff head to Parliament as part of barrier-breaking accountancy initiative
University of Chester students and their Programme Leader joined with MPs, policymakers, and finance professionals at Parliament for the launch of the Breaking Down Barriers to Accountancy national initiative.
#LeadingWithPurpose Spotlight: Steve White, Managing Director of Southeastern
Our #LeadingWithPurpose Spotlight interview series sees organisational leaders explain what leading with purpose means to them and how they strive to make their organisation a force for good in society.
In this episode, read how Steve White, Managing Director of Southeastern, does so.
Accountancy: an engine of social mobility that can unlock more opportunity for more people
Accountancy has long been seen as a desirable profession. Hard to get into, but intellectually and financially rewarding once you’re in. A passport into the heart of this country’s financial system and some of the City’s most respected companies, it also opens doors across sectors.
TP Leading the Way with Purpose Lab Student Ambassadors in New Working Groups
TP wanted to give a student from each working group the opportunity to be part of a real-life business initiative that they can help shape, provide insight on, and support.
My Purpose Coalition Student Ambassador Experience
My experience as a student ambassador with the Purpose Coalition has been all about building connections with other people: students and representatives of various businesses like Clyde & Co, Enterprise Mobility and Teleperformance.
#LeadingWithPurpose Spotlight: Mark Horsley, CEO of Northern Gas Networks
Our #LeadingWithPurpose Spotlight interview series sees organisational leaders explain what leading with purpose means to them and how they strive to make their organisation a force for good in society.
In this episode, read how Leigh Lafever-Ayer, VP/Human Resources Director at Enterprise Mobility, does so.
How a project to break down the barriers to an accountancy career can drive change in the sector
A new Purpose Coalition project with leading accountancy firms has launched a programme of action to deliver equality of opportunity in the accountancy sector.
Report signals roadmap for public service partnership
A blueprint for how to put positive social impact at the heart of company strategy was launched yesterday in Parliament as part of a collaboration between The Purpose Coalition and leading provider of essential services, Serco UK.
Purpose Coalition Award winners walk the walk on social mobility
Individuals and organisations across the country were honoured at the Breaking Down Barriers Awards 2025, sponsored by Southeastern Railway, which took place in Parliament today.
#LeadingWithPurpose Spotlight: Leigh Lafever-Ayer, VP/Human Resources Director at Enterprise Mobility
Our #LeadingWithPurpose Spotlight interview series sees organisational leaders explain what leading with purpose means to them and how they strive to make their organisation a force for good in society. In this episode, read how Leigh Lafever-Ayer, VP/Human Resources Director at Enterprise Mobility, does so.
Upskilling Communities Through Higher Education
With over 35,000 students across state-of-the-art facilities in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds, widening participation, addressing skills shortages and ultimately enabling social mobility is at the heart of what GBS does.
Higher Education as a Catalyst for Opportunity and Growth
A deep dive into how the higher education sector can shape a future narrative on the contribution it makes to economic and societal progress was the focus of a seminar held in March at Ruskin College, Oxford, part of the University of West London Group.