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Advancing Social Mobility in Scotland
Fri, 20 June @ 11:00 – 14:00
This is an in-person event
Audience
This event is open to businesses in Scotland who have started or are considering their social mobility actions and its integration into their broader responsible business strategy for growth.
Background
BITC Scotland Leadership Board set up a Social Mobility Working Group to define the most effective way our business members can support and accelerate on Social Mobility work already existing in Scotland.
Aegon UK, City Facilities Management, CBRE, Enterprise Mobility, Equans, FWB Park Brown, HSBC, Purpose Coalition, PwC, Shoosmiths, Sodexo (Chair) and SQA collaborated to provide the guidance we are sharing in the report.
About the event
The BITC Scotland Social Mobility Working Group welcomes the opportunity to bring businesses together to create a fairer Scotland.
- To enhance the way in which businesses understand, engage and elevate their social mobility activities
- To highlight actions which move the dial on social mobility, helping to reduce inequality and create opportunities for those within our communities
We invite you to feel as inspired and engaged as the BITC member businesses are from reviewing the current social mobility landscape in Scotland and crystalising this into practical guidance to support a prosperous nation.
Why attend?
- Explore how social mobility can strengthen your workforce by broadening access to talent.
- Understand the link between inclusion and long-term business success.
- Take away practical ideas and next steps to enhance your responsible business strategy.
- Network with likeminded businesses.
Agenda
Join us from 11:00 to 14:00 on Friday 20 June in Glasgow for:
11:00 – Arrival and networking
11:30 – Welcome – Louisa Macdonell, Director, BITC Scotland
11:40 – Importance to Glasgow – Councillor Richard Bell, Deputy Leader, Glasgow City Council
11:50 – Keynote: Why Social Mobility is important – Roisin Currie, CEO, Greggs
12:05 – Advancing Social Mobility Report Launch – Angela Halliday, Chair of BITC Working Group and Social Impact Director, Sodexo UK&I
12:15 – Lived Experience
12:25 – Lunch
13:00 – Reflections and actions for Scotland from Social Mobility Working Group:
- Mairi McInnes, Director Global Industries, PwC
- Sheelagh Cooley, Partner & Head of Edinburgh Office, Shoosmiths
- Steven Jolly, Deputy Head of Corporate Banking, Scotland & Northern Ireland, HSBC UK Bank plc
13:30 – Next steps – Angela Halliday, Chair of BITC working group and Social Impact Director, Sodexo UK&I
13:50 – Closing remarks and thanks – Louisa Macdonell, Director, BITC Scotland
Refreshments
Refreshments will be provided.
Booking and contact details and further information
- Contact Jenny.McLaren@bitc.org.uk, Event Manager, with any questions.
- Full joining instructions will be sent before the event.
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