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Rotary Club
Working to improve disadvantaged young women’s employability through upskilling in emerging AI skills.
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Get the academic and technical qualifications they need to succeed
Build the general and specific employability skills most valued by the sector
Build an awareness and experience of technology careers and the pathways into them
Gain access to education and work opportunities to showcase their talents
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Rotary Club
Working to improve disadvantaged young women’s employability through upskilling in emerging AI skills.
Social Investment
Cyber Horizons
A pilot summer programme to build teenagers' knowledge and skills in cybersecurity to widen access to the sector.
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National Foundation For Educational Research
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Tech Future Taskforce
An industry-wide initiative aiming to create a fairer tech industry in the UK
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Digital113
Supporting women’s aspirations to digital careers
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Czechitas
Digital skills development for low-income and refugee women
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Codebar
Growing a diverse tech community
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Teaching with ChatGPT
Guiding teachers and tutors on how to get the best out of ChatGPT.
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High Five Girls
Working to raise girls’ aspirations and sense of belonging in STEM fields
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IFS Foundation
Promoting STEM skills in remote and rural communities in Sri Lanka
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Now Teach
Attracting computer science specialists and other career changers with a technology industry background into teaching and supporting them through the first two years of their career.
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CodeYourFuture
Supporting refugees, asylum seekers, displaced migrants and low-income groups to change their lives through free technical and soft skills training.
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Speakers for Schools
Demystifying the tech industry and showcasing tech careers for UK state school students, with a focus on girls and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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ReDI School of Digital Integration
Providing high-end tech skills to refugees, migrants, and marginalised locals in Hamburg.
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Royal Academy of Engineering
Supporting undergraduates from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to get into AI research and careers
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Specialisterne USA
Supporting neurodivergent individuals with interest in Tech careers to gain skills and find meaningful employment.
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Upwardly Global
Empowering unemployed or underemployed newcomers to the US with the skills, career coaching, and social capital needed to rebuild their lives and careers.
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Florence
Providing financial support, mentorship, and access to internships to support young talent from diverse backgrounds
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Article 1
Supporting women and those from lower-income families into careers in STEM and Tech
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Birkbeck, University of London
Enhancing the digital skills of Birkbeck's mature learners, preparing them for future employment opportunities in the digital and technology sectors.
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Let's Get Ready
Guiding students through their college transition to successful careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Apps For Good
Supporting young people to develop digital and employability skills through exploring social action and tech careers.
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British Computer Society
Recruiting IT experts into secondary school classrooms to support teachers and disadvantaged pupils.
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Studenten Bilden Schueler (SBS)
Providing free tutoring from volunteer students for financially disadvantaged children in Germany
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XTX Markets & Purposeful Ventures
Support for schools to help students join and stay on the Maths excellence pathway.
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University of Manchester
Supporting students from lower income households to attain the highest grades in A Level Mathematics
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jINC
Providing employability skills and careers guidance to boost prospects in tech for young people from socioeconomic disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
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The TEAK Fellowship
Providing academic and personal support to high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds in New York City.
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Generation
Understanding and tackling recruitment challenges in the technology sector for under-represented groups globally.
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Technical University of Munich
Inspiring girls from rural schools to pursue science and technology subjects.
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Merit America
Promoting economic mobility for unemployed and low wage adults.
Social Investment
Cornerstone
A social investment to increase the diversity of teams accessing venture capital support in tech.
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Generation France
Equipping unemployed and under-employed individuals in France with the skills needed for life-changing tech careers.
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Education Policy Institute
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upReach
Supporting exceptional undergraduates from less-advantaged backgrounds to secure top tech jobs.
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SEO
Supporting diverse groups of undergraduates to be exceptional candidates for graduate jobs in tech
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Imperial College London
Equipping disadvantaged students to succeed at high level mathematics.
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The Tutor Trust & Impetus
Tackling educational inequality by making high quality tutoring available to the children who need it most.
The Hg Foundation is building a powerful network of organisations working in different contexts to address common challenges around social mobility and recruiting great talent from diverse backgrounds. Our hope as we develop further is that this community will learn from one another and help us – and the tech sector more widely – to draw wider lessons and make better-informed decisions about where to invest in the future.
What we fund
We support programmes in the UK, North America and Europe that:
Contribute directly or indirectly to better job prospects in tech for underrepresented groups
Are focussed on enhancing education outcomes or employability skills
Are discrete, evidence-based and with clear metrics to track outcomes and assess impact
Benefit those who are under-represented and under-served – especially by gender, ethnicity and income level
Are run by expert organisations with a track record of delivery, and open to independent evaluation
Would benefit from operational support from Hg and its partners
Can effectively use a substantial investment to grow the work
We can support for the long-term and have the potential to scale
Complement and strengthen our portfolio, including in terms of targeting, approach, and geography