EY Foundation is an independent charity supporting young people from low-income backgrounds get paid work experience, employability skills training and career guidance.

Our ambition is to enable all young people on Free School Meals to have an employment and earnings potential that is equitable to other young people in the UK. We will do so in collaboration with employers and key partners, through employability skills programmes, scalable digital interventions, and by leveraging our convening power to influence systemic change.

What we do

Our work involves designing and running programmes and workshops for young people, influencing employer practice and local and national policy, and developing initiatives to reach more young people across the UK.

We work with organisations from across all sectors, including commercial, not-for-profit, education and government.

Join our Board

Are you committed to driving social mobility and making the working world equitable for young people across the UK?

We are currently recruiting for an Independent Trustee to join our diverse Board and help us drive the step-change needed to deliver our ten year ambition.

Our Values

Growth mindset - To increase our impact on more young people through dedication, innovation and hard work.

Courage - To use new learning and diversity of thought to challenge the status quo; embracing lessons learned even if a project misses its targets.

Empower our team - Everyone is supported to succeed in their role through opportunities to learn, develop and take on new challenges.

Collaboration - To build relationships internally and externally, to share ideas, embed an inclusive approach and achieve bigger outcomes.