Talent is evenly spread across the UK, but opportunity isn’t. The Social Mobility Pledge is about building a new type of partnership with businesses to improve advice, information and experiences for young people. Over 500 of Britain’s leading businesses, representing over 5 million employees, and over 50 universities, representing over 2 million students, across the UK have already signed up. As Social Mobility Pledge accredited employers, they have committed to: 1. Partnering with schools or colleges to provide coaching through quality careers advice, enrichment experience and/or mentoring to people from disadvantaged backgrounds or circumstances; 2. Providing structured work experience and/or apprenticeship opportunities to people from disadvantaged backgrounds or circumstances; and 3. Adopting open employee recruitment practices which promotes a level playing field for people from disadvantaged backgrounds or circumstances.