Compass Group UK & Ireland supports over 500,000 people through social mobility programme

Compass Group UK & Ireland marked a milestone, having supported over 500,000 people through its mission to boost social mobility since 2021. 

The programme has created jobs, delivered training, and offered education and community support both inside and outside the business.

Achievements since launch include opening Xcelerate with Edgbaston, a community skills centre where more than 3,500 people have trained in hospitality. 

The company set up a social partner hub to help those struggling to find work, supporting over 1,000 people with CV and interview training and helping more than 270 long-term unemployed, young unemployed, and people with disabilities into jobs. 

Compass has also supported 600 apprentices at any one time, and taught over 250 pupils aged 14 to 16 through junior chef academies, giving them culinary skills. 

In the past year, more than 98,000 young people and families have taken part in food, nutrition and wellbeing workshops run by the Beyond the Chartwells Kitchen programme. 

Compass also offers 12-month supported internships for young adults with learning disabilities or autism spectrum conditions to help them into work.

Building on this, Compass has launched ‘Mission to a million: Forward Together’, aiming to support a million people by 2030.