Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has agreed a three-year corporate partnership with social mobility charity Career Ready.

The Career Ready programme empowers young people from under-represented backgrounds by providing them with a programme of mentoring and a paid internship, skills masterclasses, and workplace visits.

Evelyn’s first year of support will centre around its Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester offices where Career Ready has existing relationships.

Workplace visits will take place where staff will deliver financial literacy masterclasses to those signed up to Career Ready’s programme.

Evelyn Partners employees will also act as mentors for those taking the first steps in their career, as well as host them for a paid, four-week internship.

Charley Davies, group general counsel and group executive committee lead on charities & community at Evelyn Partners said: “The combination of workplace visits and a structured mentoring programme will help support young people taking their first steps to what we hope will be a long and successful career.” 

Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa, chief executive of Career Ready, said: “Working with Evelyn Partners will help ensure that young people have the workplace opportunities, support, and insights they need to kickstart their futures.

“There’s never been a more important time to invest in future talent and the support of Evelyn Partners and their people will make a truly transformational difference to the lives of young people.”

Evelyn Partners is a wealth management and professional services group, created following the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson in 2020. With £59.1bn of assets under management (as at 31 December 2023) it is one the largest UK wealth managers and also the seventh largest UK accountancy firm ranked by fee income (source: Accountancy Age 50+50 rankings, 2023).

It has a network of offices across 29 towns and cities in the UK, as well as the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands. Through its operating companies, the Group offers financial and professional services to individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities and businesses.