EY Foundation is an independent charity supporting young people from low-income backgrounds get paid work experience, employability skills training and career guidance.

How can we help you?

If you are a young person from a low-income background or a social entrepreneur, explore our programmes.

If you are an employer, volunteer, fundraiser, school or college, or potential donor, find out how to support our work.

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We've supported over

16,000

young people and social enterprises since 2014.

We've created over

15,000

volunteer opportunities since 2014.

As a young person from a deprived area, I was able to get my foot in the door to a world that would have been previously locked for me. The EY Foundation was a huge benefit to me and has helped my career more than I could have imagined.

Katrina

Smart Futures Alumni, London

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Latest news

'Why I volunteer' with the EYF team

To highlight the many benefits of volunteering – whether that’s with us or another organisation – we’ve spoken to EY Foundation team members about their volunteering experiences…

06 Jun 2022

National volunteers' week 2022: celebrating you!

We’re kicking off National Volunteers’ Week by saying a massive thank you to all our volunteers.

01 Jun 2022

Secure Futures: a young person's experience

It’s been a busy few weeks at the EY Foundation with lots of great Spring delivery programmes taking place. We’ve been very lucky to meet some fantastic young people and caught up with Secure Futures participant, Megan, to get her thoughts on her time on the programme.

25 Apr 2022