UpRising is a national youth leadership development organisation. We are recognised at Government level as a pioneering charity championing the critical issues surrounding diversity, social mobility and equality. Our important work provides routes to leadership and employment for 18-25 year olds who have talent, but lack opportunity. The mission is to break the cycle of unrepresentative power in the UK, by developing new, community-minded and socially-conscious leaders; so that our future decision-makers truly represent our diverse communities.
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Our employability programme is delivered to unemployed or under-employed 18 to 25 year olds with high potential but low social capital. Each cohort engages a diverse range of participants from a wide variety of backgrounds:
65% of identify as BAME with the largest group being Black African; 59% identify as women; 59% of participants were the first in their family to attend university; 61% identify as working class and 20% of those who chose to answer received free school meals; 7% have disclosed a disability with a further 4% choosing not to answer.
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The infrastructure we have incubated to support mentoring at a national scale engages an equally diverse range of mentors and young people of all ages:
50% of our young people are from disadvantaged backgrounds; 50% are from BAME backgrounds; 64% of our mentoring relationships are between mentors and mentees from different ethnic backgrounds.
Our mentors are invested in their local young people; 97% are mentoring to help other people, and 72% are mentoring to benefit from a sense of fulfilment and growth
