Accelerating our impactThree years of progress and results — June 2017

We’re a small innovative company. There is high demand for our theatre and drama work across Scotland. But we spend a lot of our time seeking the funding we need to do it. The Accelerate coaches are helping us think more strategically about how to become more sustainable and start to roll out our programmes much more widely.

Virginia Radcliffe, Licketyspit, Edinburgh, Accelerate 2017

It’s opened the Home Office’s eyes to the breadth of talent we just hadn’t been reaching before. It’s made a great difference to our mentors who have also grown as individuals and it’s been fabulous to see the young people grow so much from the first time we met them to their graduation events.

Sharon Taylor, Home Office, 2017

I always wanted a job in the financial world but thought I wouldn’t be able to get one because I came from a family where no one had ever had a job or went to university and I didn’t have any contacts. But after Smart Futures, it’s not a dream any more, more like a plan.

Prabhjot, 17 , London, Smart Futures 2017

Prabhjot

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Mohammed

I’m the youngest of five. I was essentially raised by my sisters and my brother because my parents both passed at an early age. They came over here from Bangladesh and suffered so much so that I could do well, and so it’s almost my duty. It was a struggle growing up. That could have had a real impact on my life where I could have just said “you know what, this is the worst experience ever, I’m not going to do anything to change this because this is just my life and these are my circumstances”. But I knew that in this world you’re given nothing, you have to get everything for yourself.

What appealed to me about Smart Futures was the first-hand experience in industry that you get. To get that experience at the age of 16 was too great an opportunity to miss out on.

The chance to work with like-minded individuals and having the industry exposure, being able to have a mentor at the end of the whole programme guiding you through the stages of going to university and having that sort of industry work experience, that was just incredible.

Smart Futures showed me what I could aim for. It gave me an idea of the outside world and that there are opportunities if you’re willing to work for them. Smart Futures was this pivotal point in my life where I was given a reason to aspire higher.

21, London, Smart Futures 2013. Now a graduate management trainee at the Post Office.

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What we doCoaching

and Mentoring

Paid work experience

Smart Futures Works with 16-17 year old’s from low income households. The ten-month programme broadens understanding of career pathways, introduces participants to employers, provides paid work experience, intensive skills training and mentoring.

Employability WorkshopsInspires and informs 14-16 year olds in half day workshops focused on core employability skills, pathways and job options.

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Helps 16-19 year-olds who face significant barriers, including low academic attainment, transition into work. In the six month programme they undertake paid work experience, network with local employers with job vacancies, receive mentoring and skills development.

Accelerate Supports social entrepreneurs to scale up already established businesses, create more jobs and social impact at a local, regional or national level. It offers free access to business coaches, tailored workshops,networking events and project support resource.

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What we achieved in 2017* An overview

Source: EY Foundation internal monitoring data.

We supported 911 young people and social entrepreneurs

Smart Futures/ Our Future participants

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Employability workshop

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Employers engaged

133UK locations

15Smart Futures/Our Future

BME**

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GenderSmart Futures and Our Future

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24% increase in the number of young people who said they could communicate confidently in the workplace

22% increase in the number of young people who felt confident about working in a team

53% increase in the number of young people who had at least 3 encounters with employers or employees

70% increase in young people who felt confident about finding a job

Source: EY Foundation monitoring surveys

Source: EY Foundation monitoring surveysSource: Survey of Foundation alumni two years after completing the programmes

63% went on to study at university after completing college/sixth form

53% went on to study accountancy, finance, law, medicine and social sciences.

69% said that Smart Futures contributed to helping them decide what they wanted to do next

60% young people say they are equipped with right skills to build relationships in the work place after the programme (up 33%)

After programme, 88% said they know people who can help them get work experience

Mid-term impact

Our Future — Early impact

98% of young people on Smart Futures and Our Future received an adult Level 2 Team Leading qualification (from the Chartered Management Institute)

Smart Futures — Early impact

Evidence of impact

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78%

45%

of Smart Futures and Our Future participants are from top 40% most deprived post codes in UK

of Smart Futures and Our Future participants are from top 20% most deprived post codes in UK

Source: EY Foundation Internal monitoring data

Our young people

All participants on Smart Futures have been eligible for free school meals at some point in the last six years

Our employability workshops are focused on schools in areas of high levels of deprivation

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Percentage of Smart Futures and Our Future students by postcode deprivation

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Making a differenceToo many disadvantaged young people are still facing massive barriers to making the transition from school to work. So, in our third year as an independent charity, our main focus has been on increasing our impact directly through our programmes and by using our expertise to influence policy.

It’s been gratifying to begin to see the signs of the profound impact we are having on young people and their career aspirations. Many, like Mohammed, featured in this report, have gone through our programmes, and are now beginning successful working lives with employers including IBM, the Post Office, EY and other established organisations.

To increase the Foundation’s geographic reach and impact in 2017, we established Scottish and Northern hubs. These have enabled us to build strong relationships with local employers and community groups and provide even more opportunities for young people.

We also successfully launched free employability workshops for disadvantaged young people in years 10 and 11 (England) and third and fourth years in Scotland. None of this would have been possible without the tremendous support of our 2,200 plus volunteers and the dedication and skill of our team.

The Foundation also continued to support the Youth Panel in its aim of giving young people a stronger voice through its first piece of thought leadership research, “An Age of Uncertainty: young people’s views on the challenges of getting into work in 21st century Britain”.

In collaboration with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) over 1,500 16 to 21-year-olds from across the UK were asked about their views and experiences of work in the UK today. Their views and recommendations summarised in our “An Age of Uncertainty” report have provided a powerful platform to begin to influence business and the public policy domain around young people’s transition to work.

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Those views made us more convinced than ever of the need for systemic change in the way the UK prepares future generations for the workplace. The high levels of engagement shown by employers attending our series of roundtable discussions and the enthusiasm from others in the youth sector backed this up and paved the way for the launch of a national School to Work campaign in autumn 2017.

We are more committed than ever to reaching as many young people as possible, enabling them to get a good start to their working lives and providing employers with the talented and skilled work force they need.

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EY Foundation Youth Panel

I got involved because I wanted to give back to the EY Foundation after my successful time with the Smart Futures programme. The EY Foundation has built my confidence and employability skills. I wanted to support others who were like me that summer, stuck in the paradox of needing work experience to get on to a work experience programme.

By aiming to help young people across the country the EY Foundation has stepped into a space that for so many years others have tried to influence and improve but without much significance. The Foundation provides fresh and innovative ways of tackling issues faced by young people in our country through conversation and ground breaking programmes which are providing huge success stories.

From my experience of running the Glasgow Smart Futures programme, the impact that the EY Foundation is having is huge, not only on the young people but also on many of the parents and carers. I will always remember when one of the parents of a young person on the Glasgow programme came up to the team almost in tears, to thank us. She had seen a huge improvement in his confidence and self-belief and she couldn’t thank us enough. That is exactly why you get involved with the work of the EY Foundation.

Darren McCallum, Youth Panel member

Terri Lau, Youth Panel member

Zarah Hussein, Youth Panel member

EY Foundation’s Youth Panel ensures young people are at the Foundation’s heart.

Chair of the Youth Panel is a Trustee of the EY Foundation Board.

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Chris Achiampong, Chair, Youth Panel and Foundation Trustee

Louise Coles, Deputy Chair, Youth Panel

Marlene Abeling, Youth Panel member

Laura Parker-Tong, Youth Panel member

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The Foundation’s focus in 2017 has been on developing the depth and quality of our programmes in our 15 locations around the UK. Our new Scottish (Glasgow) and Northern (Manchester) hubs have been key to this.

Our Network

= Location of EY foundation programmes

Elijah 18, London, Smart Futures 2017

Smart Futures helped me with one of the biggest barriers I have had in my life, I can finally walk into a room and feel like it doesn’t matter where I am from, I can do this.

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Mark 16, Glasgow, Our Future 2017

I had goals and I knew I had potential but I needed help to get there and that came from the EY Foundation. My mum is delighted I have made something of myself.

Freshta 16, Manchester, Smart Futures 2017

I really enjoyed the business experience, I learnt a lot. When I start my career I will use these skills. Smart Futures is an amazing opportunity for those ambitious students who want to develop and improve their skills.

► More connected to stakeholders including Scottish Parliament and schools.

► Better support for harder to reach young people and social enterprises.

► Developing close ties with Scottish employers, schools, colleges and charities.

► Better engagement with local stakeholders to enhance programme delivery.

► Programmes adapted to local needs to reflect local labour market.

► Stronger relationships with volunteers, schools/colleges and employers.

Northern Hub

Scottish Hub

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Zak, 16, Manchester, Smart Futures 2017When I read the Smart Futures ethos I thought this screams ‘me’. It gave me a chance to experience working in a real job, and building up my skills. It sounded like a learning opportunity which would be fun. Then they mentioned the pay which was even better.

We learnt a lot about teamwork and communication which are all transferable and I can carry forward to other workplaces. This helps as all the focus in school is about studying.

When someone asks me do I feel prepared for a job I now feel as if I could say I could go into a job next week. A teacher pulled me aside today and said when you become Prime Minister don’t forget about me!

KierranZak

Kierran, 16, Manchester, Smart Futures 2017I live in an area that has low progression into university or high paying jobs. A lot of families are hard off. Part of the reason I went on Smart Futures is because it is paid and that would help out. I would still go on now if it wasn’t paid, but it was a bonus to walk home and be able to say “here you go.”

My mum has seen me becoming my own person. It’s not a strict rule to dress smartly for college, but Smart Futures taught me this is what makes me feel more confident. Coming from a low income family, I had the one suit. Since Smart Futures I have saved up and got myself more. My mum has noticed that I carry myself higher. The programme did wonders for my confidence.

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Romaysa16, Manchester, Smart Futures 2017

I want to do something big in my life. I don’t want to settle.

In college I am just sitting in classrooms learning, I don’t really like it anymore and it’s made me realise university might not be for me. I see myself doing something more active and getting more hands on with work.

For someone who had no idea what they wanted to do in the future, it opened a lot of options. I would have never thought of an apprenticeship before, but now 100% I would. You could get to the same position in a quicker time and you are still getting the qualification.

With the EY Foundation I learnt how to analyse things a bit more. When I have interviews now I don’t just use the first thing that comes to my mind, I dig a bit deeper into it.

Within two weeks my outlook had completely changed. My mum was shocked because I actually got up for myself in the morning. I always used to be late, but I learnt that in the workplace you can’t do that.

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To support social enterprise as a way to help young people transition from education into employment.

To provide support for social enterprises as they move into the scale-up stage.

Access to finance and markets and the skills, resources and relationships to grow.

Accelerate

In 2017 we refreshed our social entrepreneur programme, Accelerate, to ensure it provides the support, opportunities and skills development essential for young successful social enterprises to scale up sustainably.

The main lessons I’ve learnt are about trusting yourself and having the confidence to trust yourself, your thought processes for how you think the business should grow and what hurdles you’re going to encounter. It’s getting that reassurance that you’re actually on the right line and your thought processes are correct.

Colin Higginson, Yes Works, Glasgow, Accelerate 2017

YES Works provides landscape gardening services for local authorities, housing associations, business and private homes in the West of Scotland and helps young people develop skills and careers in landscape gardening and horticulture.

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32 social enterprises supported in 2017

Examples of social enterprises

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Services provided by social enterprises supported by EY Foundation:

► Support for young people including education and training

► Food & hospitality ► Retail products and services ► Community training and development

32% 32%

22%14%

ScotlandLondon

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Cracked it, Londondelivers programmes training at-risk young people between the ages of 16 and 24 to repair cracked smartphone screens as a positive route away from crime.

Calman Trust, Highlandsis a young people’s service that offers housing support, training, employment opportunities, cooking services and general support to young people looking to get on the road to independent living.

Reform Radio, Manchesteruses the framework of an online station to support young adults into employment. It delivers employment and creative workshops and traineeships alongside genuine opportunities to develop and practise new skills within an industry standard radio station.

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The inspiration to start Equal Education was to take something like private tuition and give it to those whom we felt needed it the most. In this case it is children who are in the care system.

Equal Education started in 2012. I was working with a couple of children in care, and I pitched to the local authorities. One local authority said they would try it as a pilot. From then it’s grown organically. We started to work with children across London and then across the UK.

I decided that I wanted to shift the organisation’s strategy and really understand our social impact and to improve on that. Once we embarked on that journey I remember realising that we really needed to raise the professional standards of the organisation.

It’s been really good to have a mentor because in a small organisation you have to wear many hats and you have to do lots of different things. One of the most difficult things I’m currently finding is to carry out the strategic side to a high quality. It’s really hard if you’re in an operations team to take a step back and look at what you’re doing and having someone from a third party perspective to look at it and speak to you and give you home truths is interesting,

I think the lessons I’ve learnt from being part of Accelerate are that you need to articulate a well-defined problem with individual outputs and a length of engagement. If you have those I think it works very well because then everyone knows what they are working on and are clear what they have to do because they don’t want to step on anyone’s toes.

Paul Singh, Equal Education, Accelerate 2017

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of employers stated that their understanding of how to find and recruit young people improved as a result of participation in an EY Foundation programme

of employers agreed that participating in an EY Foundation programme increased their awareness of talented young people in the UK

of employers would consider participating in a similar programme with young people again in the future

The EY Foundation engaged with 133 employers in 2017 as part of our mission to provide more opportunities for disadvantaged young people – an increase of 17 % on the previous year.

New partnerships have included the Home Office which supported 23 young people on the Smart Futures programme in Manchester and London, and Tate Enterprise which took on four young people in two teams in catering and hospitality and retail at Tate Modern and Tate Britain. We also continued our work with the law firm Linklaters, the Big Lottery Fund and other major organisations.

Jane NicholsonDirector of Talent, Leadership, Engagement and Inclusion at the Home Office

We had identified that there were a lot of misconceptions about the Home Office and Civil Service — that it is just “lots of men in smart suits and ladies in pencil skirts.” We wanted to connect with people who were coming from different backgrounds, who wouldn’t have thought of us as an employer, and for us to learn from them in terms of our outreach strategy.

What we are trying to do is reach out to the groups who are on the margins of society — the people who don’t have the advantages that a lot of people do who normally come into the civil service.

EY Foundation offers a wrap round, which is a huge bonus. The support the Foundation gives helps the young people develop as much as anything we do, which really makes it powerful. With the programme, the young people, the Foundation and us as an employer all work together.

It is truly inspiring to see how the young people are at the end of the programme. It is very easy to think that there are limits to what someone is capable of. But if you invest time and attention, it can completely transform them.

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Employers

Source: EY Foundation employers survey. Figures based on responders.

Garrett KeownHead Chef, Rex Whistler Restaurant, Tate Britain

Before I started as a chef, I was in trouble a lot. I was in and out of school with less than 50% attendance and looking back it’s like a different person to who I am now, so change is possible.

With the EY Foundation it’s great. Young people have someone to work with and help them. At first Ijaz was very stone faced, maybe didn’t really want to be here 100% but as soon as you get him involved and get him talking about food you can see that he’s excited by it and it’s what he wants to do.

I told him at the start of the week that on the last day he would be cooking a dish so on the Thursday we sat down and he wrote a menu and listed what he was going to do to create it. On the day you could see he was very excited by it. He was very proud of his dish and was taking photos.

By the end of the week I think Ijaz communicated a lot better. At the end he would talk to everyone, laughing, joking, and that was just after a week.

Ijaz18, London, Our Future 2017

The programme really was an insight. You get training, you get on-site work and then you’ve got the emailing back and forth, the skills development and building professionalism, confidence, networking, social skills, and things like that.

During my work experience I was prepping a lot of food, learning about different vegetables and food combinations and cooking techniques. It’s given me an idea of the type of kitchen I would like to work in.

It has taught me discipline. It made me realise that I enjoy doing things that I wouldn’t have thought I would enjoy. Like working on desserts — when you put it all together it’s nice.

Our Future has definitely changed my life in many ways. Confidence, communication, meeting and socialising with people, being part of a team. It has changed my ambition and I’m more set on what I want to do, Two or three years ago I would not have imagined being here.

It was humbling as well just being part of it.

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Influencing policy

With the percentage of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) still hovering around ten per cent, the Foundation’s third year of programmes marked our entrance into the public policy arena.

“An Age of Uncertainty: young people’s views on the challenges of getting into work in 21st century Britain” was published jointly with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). It examined the views of more than 1,500 young people around the UK about getting into work. The findings led to a series of recommendations which formed the core of the Foundation’s first national campaign, School to Work, in autumn 2017.

Four recommendations

Make sure that young people learn more about the world of work from 11-18 by introducing a

School to Work accredited framework into the national

curriculum

Strengthen and champion all pathways

into work, including apprenticeships and

entrepreneurship

Create an employer-backed national

School to Work youth panel

Develop key management and

leadership skills at a younger age.

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Employer round tablesFollowing the report’s publication, the Foundation held five employer round tables across the UK to gauge the opinions of employers, the other key player in the debate over how to help young people into work. Eighty employers participated, including representatives from government departments, major financial organisations and local public services. The findings of these roundtables were the trigger for a national employers survey on young people in the workplace in summer 2017 and also played a key role in the formation of the Foundation’s School to Work campaign.

Source: EY Foundation volunteer survey

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VolunteersVolunteers are critical to the success of EY Foundation programmes. They include fundraisers, mentors, coaches, programme hosts, and facilitators. Without them, we would not be able to run as many programmes or help as many young people. Our volunteers come from across the country from EY and from our employer partners.

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feel they better understand how to train and support young people.

91% 81%

As a teenage mum I saw the impact volunteering had on me. I didn’t go to university, I have no qualifications at all. And there is something about that. The guys that are sitting in the room are the people who think maybe they won’t get any qualifications and that they might not go on to be surgeons or lawyers or whatever it is. I want them to walk out of here truly knowing that they are good enough for whatever it is they choose to do. It matters we give them something they didn’t arrive with.

Lorraine, Our Future programme facilitator, Scotland

Investing in young people is the best way of ensuring a fairer and happier future for all of us. I want to help young people realise their own potential in whatever capacity I can. The EY Foundation is a great way to do this.

Morag Leopoldt, EY Glasgow volunteer, 2017

said they had benefitted from volunteering

84%

Mud Trial

Source: EY Foundation volunteer survey

Skills based volunteers, includes mentors and programme facilitators

Fundraising volunteers

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Source: EY Foundation monitoring data

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Charity effectiveness2016 2017

£507,000

£467,000

In 2017 EY Foundation increased its independently earned income by 8%

In 2017 we continued to work to make our programmes as cost effective as possible. We have supported more young people than in each previous year. Going forward, we are committed to delivering high quality and impactful programmes to even more disadvantaged young people across the UK.

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Going forward

We are already beginning to build a picture of the impact we are having on the lives of the young people and social entrepreneurs we support. Going forward this will strengthen and be even more demonstrable, as we gather increasing amounts of impact data.

We will continue to scale our programmes to increase impact. We are increasing the numbers and ways we engage with employers. We are creating more employment pathways for our young people and new income that we can re-invest to support more of them.

SustainabilityWe will continue to increase our efficiency, and ensure that each £1 we spend goes further in creating more impact.

We will also continue to raise new income and build our reserves.

In the next year we will continue to diversify our portfolio of income sources, in addition to contributions from EY LLP, and build further our reserves.

InfluenceThe combination of our significant progress in scaling, our first impact report, employer roundtables and establishing a National Youth Panel on the back of “An Age of Uncertainty” report, have all strengthened our reputation and reach in the School to Work space. In the coming two years, continuing with scaling and effective delivery of the School to Work campaign will support this.

CapabilityHaving recruited new joiners to our Board and our staff, we will continue developing a high performing team with deep subject matter expertise throughout the organisation. This is in line with our new target operating model.

Following the launch of a Scotland Hub, our organisational capability to deliver across the UK has increased significantly. In the coming period we will continue running services to more towns and cities across England and Scotland

ReputationOur reputation has grown, from being a new, untested Foundation, to a trusted charity that delivers. Other employers are now investing alongside us to deliver to young people.

Other charities are also approaching us to work with them.

We expect our risks going forward will relate to the challenge to scale our activities whilst maintaining quality and impact.

Without the support of all our volunteers, fundraisers, supporters and employer partners we wouldn’t have reached so many young people and social enterprise in urgent need.

Your belief in young people, your energy, commitment and expertise has made our work possible.

Join us in supporting even more young people.

EmployersWe work with employers committed to providing opportunities for young people to get access to high quality experiences of work and careers and access to job opportunities. Employer participants change a young person’s life, engage the workforce of the future and discover other benefits.

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Become a mentor or facilitator on one of our

programmes. You’ll make a huge difference to the lives

of young people and will also have the opportunity for personal growth and

development.

Take part in our fundraising challenges

and choose from a range of activities as a supporter or

participant.

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Support us

Your investment will make a difference to the lives of young peopleIf you are a UK taxpayer, The Foundation will receive up to £250 through Gift Aid for every £1,000 you give.

If you are as passionate as we are about creating social impact by helping young people and entrepreneurs in the UK, then contact us:

Web: http://www.ey.com/uk/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility/ey-foundation-donate

Email: Enquiries@eyfoundation.ey.com

Tel: 0207 951 3133

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The EY Foundation

About EY Foundation

The EY Foundation is a UK registered charity that works directly with disadvantaged young people, employers and social entrepreneurs to create or support pathways to education, employment or enterprise. EY Foundation is an independent UK charity that builds and delivers programmes, working with third parties and volunteers. EY Foundation operates and is incorporated independently of EY and is governed by a separate trustee board.

The EY Foundation is a charitable company registered in England and Wales and Scotland with registered charity number 1157154 and SC045076. It is also a member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited.

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