Community & Social Justice Education & Young People 2024
The Bridge Group

Bridge Group Impact Report 2024

The Bridge Group is a UK charity using rigorous research and data analysis to drive socio-economic diversity and social mobility across UK employers, professions and regulators. Since 2009 it has advised 133 organisations and analysed 22 million data points. Landmark impacts include the Civil Service Fast Stream increasing lower socio-economic background recruits from 4.2% to 20%+, directly founding the Progress Together financial services body, co-creating the Social Mobility Employer Index, and informing regulatory policy at the FCA, PRA, SRA and Ofcom. Recent work includes the Class Pay Gap Guide, screen industries toolkit, and the largest ever dataset analysis on SED in financial services. The charity enters a new 2024–2026 growth strategy.

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📋About

Commissioned research and evaluation for employers, regulators and professional bodies on socio-economic diversity and social mobility; Class Pay Gap Guide (free practical tool co-produced with Social Mobility Foundation); Civil Service Fast Stream SED work (2016, 2023+); SRA Solicitors Qualification Examination diversity review; Judicial Diversity Forum evaluation; Financial services sector-wide SED data analysis for Progress Together; Screen industries inclusive recruitment toolkit; law firm consortium analysis; outreach programme evaluation for Sutton Trust; university access research; events and sector convening; data analysis services Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (London-based, c/o University of London)

📊Key Metrics

133 organisations advised since 2009; 22 million data points analysed (Jan 2020–Dec 2023); 630+ interviews undertaken; Civil Service Fast Stream recruits from lower socio-economic backgrounds quadrupled since 2016 work (4.2% to 20%+) Key Metric 1
1,010 attendees across 15 events; 96% of event attendees said it would positively impact their practice; 90+ media mentions including Guardian, FT, Times, BBC; 55,000 unique website visitors Key Metric 2
Progress Together (financial services inclusion body) directly founded as a result of Bridge Group research; Social Mobility Employer Index co-created with Social Mobility Foundation 2017; SRA, FCA, PRA and Ofcom cited Bridge Group research in sector-wide policy documents Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Progress Together founded as direct result of Bridge Group report commissioned by City of London Corporation — Government-commissioned Socio-Economic Diversity Taskforce created and 100+ sector leaders engaged; Ofcom added social mobility questions to TV questionnaire following Bridge Group recommendations
  • FCA cited Bridge Group in sector-wide diversity consultation; PRA referenced Bridge Group research in proposed D&I rules for regulated firms; Slaughter and May became first major British law firm to publish social mobility targets using Bridge Group analysis
  • New 2024–2026 strategy launched; actively fundraising to complement commissioned income; Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE: 'The Bridge Group has become a world leader in the efforts to improve socio-economic diversity in the workplace'

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