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List of all winners in the Promoting Opportunity (Through Social Mobility) Category
Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2017 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievements in Promoting Opportunity (Through Social Mobility)
Award Criteria
To apply for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise your organisation must meet the following criteria:
l be based in the UK (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man);
l le its Company Tax Returns with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC);
Allen & Overy LLP
International legal practice with approximately 5,200 people, including 530 partners, working in 44 o ces worldwide
Aspire Housing Limited
Innovative housing association addressing social disadvantage for its clients in Sta ordshire
KPMG LLP
Ensuring talented people have the opportunity to ful l their potential, no matter where they started in life
Procure Plus Holdings Ltd
Procurement of goods and services for the social housing sector, generating a surplus that funds training programmes within its clients’ communities
St Helens Chamber
To enhance the economic success of St Helens residents and businesses by supporting social mobility
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Allen & Overy
ALLEN & OVERY
is an international
legal practice and a
founding member
of PRIME, the
work experience commitment from
the legal profession.
PRIME aims to create
an industry standard required to ensure
fair access to quality
work experience for school-age students
across the UK from disadvantaged backgrounds.
As part of its PRIME commitment, every summer Allen & Overy gives 200 students from state schools access to a high-quality work experience programme – The Smart Start Experience.
Andrew Ballheimer, managing partner of Allen & Overy, commented: “It
is an honour to receive this award in recognition of our e orts in this area. Social mobility continues to be high on our agenda; it is important to us that we are leading the way among the legal profession. Businesses need to play their part and work together to change the landscape and ensure that access and opportunities are there for everyone.”
ALLEN & OVERY
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l demonstrate strong corporate social responsibility.
International legal practice with approximately 5,200 people, including 530 partners,
Allen & Overy
working in 44 offices worldwide
Your organisation may be business or non-pro t.
Each award has additional entry criteria, as follows.
PROMOTING OPPORTUNITY (THROUGH SOCIAL MOBILITY)
To apply for the Promoting Opportunity award, you must also:
l have had a social mobility programme running for more than two years; and
l prove that the programme bene ts your organisation nancially or otherwise (for example, it has improved your reputation or led to savings in the business).
Your improvements should be in one of the following areas:
l work experience, careers advice or mentoring for young people;
l o ering non-graduate routes such as traineeships or changing recruitment practices; or
l giving equal support and progression opportunities to all employees.
Year 12 Smart Start participants at Allen & Overy.
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