ABOUT US
We directly help organisations to strengthen their youth and community engagement, social mobility and EDI practise. This results in improvements in the human experience, quality of upskill and impact of their initiatives… all without a reliance on increased capacity.
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7PK is dedicated to providing people in disadvantaged situations with increased access to opportunities, networks and experiences that are a norm for their more privileged peers; putting them in control of their own social mobility and professional progression.
Working with charities, social enterprises, local authorities and corporate companies, we design programmes, deliver expert training and develop robust strategies to transform your organisation’s:
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Youth and community engagement efforts.
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Equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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Acquisition and development of underrepresented talent.
Using an approach that focuses on the ‘Individual, Opportunity and System’, our work engages and empowers people from communities experiencing disadvantage to ensure that not only are opportunities being made available, we ensure positive social mobility and agency over their professional and life outcomes are being sustained.
WHO WE SERVE
Who want to build capacity across your teams for becoming more equitable, diverse and inclusive; whilst improving your ability to engage with underrepresented youth and communities.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Who want to develop or strengthen your project or programme delivery, helping you to increase impact or reach new target groups.
BUSINESSES
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
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CHARITIES
that want to develop or strengthen your project or programme delivery, helping you to increase impact or reach new target groups.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Who want to better engage with specific student populations or increase your brand awareness in specific communities to encourage increased applications from such potential students.
MEET THE TEAM
Get to know the experts behind 7PK who are dedicated to breaking barriers and creating opportunities.
OUR APPROACH
INDIVIDUAL
Living with disadvantage easily leads to a lack of true self-belief and makes it challenging for someone to see their worth in wider society. That is why all of our work on the ‘Individual’ level focuses on developing:
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Understanding of self
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Core confidence 
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A unique vision
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Awareness of transferable value
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OPPORTUNITY
This part of the methodology is vital as people in disadvantaged situations often don’t see opportunities to succeed in the professional world as “for them” due to perceptions of who succeeds and the need to have come from a certain class, ethnic or academic background. Therefore, the opportunities created to overcome this must be co-created with the people we expect to benefit from them to ensure they are both valuable and accessible.
SYSTEM
When opportunity is available to people experiencing disadvantage, they often believe this could be the first and last opportunity that will come their way. Also, they may still assume they should keep up with the “norms” of being in places spaces that were previously unavailable to them. To sustain progress and positive mobility of these individuals and communities, we ensure we are challenging the systems, structures and cultures that have held them back up to this point.