Our communities
How we're supporting our communities to prosper.
Our communities
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Our vision is to help empower and drive opportunity in disadvantaged communities across the UK. So, where you’re from, or your background, doesn’t dictate your life chances.
Our commitments
We’ve committed to give one million young people the opportunity to build their skills by 2030.
We’re proud to have achieved our commitment to raise £1m for Marie Curie by September 2023, and will continue to support the charity through fundraising and pro bono support services to September 2024.
Our community strategy
We lead community projects with purpose to strengthen our society, and work collaboratively with schools, charities, community groups and other businesses to ensure we create a lasting impact, for better. Our key areas of focus are:
- Social mobility in the community: creating opportunities for people who might not otherwise have them. Our community work harnesses the power of education; recognising that numeracy, literacy and lifelong learning are the building blocks for social mobility.
- Strategic philanthropy, volunteering and pro bono: tackling disadvantage through strategic charity partnerships, funding and expertise.
Since setting our refreshed Corporate Responsibility strategy six years ago, we are proud of the impact and contributions we have made supporting our local communities. Our hope is to drive change in the longer-term through our work. Social mobility requires collective action and we would like to thank our community partners and colleagues who have shared their talents, experience and time, for better.
Roisin Murphy and Roisin Sharkey / Co-Heads of Corporate Responsibility, KPMG in the UK
Our 2023 impact for the year ending 30 September 2023
££12.7m
Community contribution (Cash, time, in-kind and management costs)
££799,099
Leverage (Cash)
105,142
Time spent volunteering during working hours
: 173,500
Individuals directly supported
49.7%
Full time staff volunteering during working hours
8,592
Number of volunteers during working hours
1,665
Organisations supported
Our 2022 impact for the year ending 30 September 2022
£11.3m
Community contribution (Cash, time, in-kind and management costs)
£463,859
Leverage (Cash)
76,780
Time spent volunteering during working hours
64,837
Individuals directly supported
41%
Full time staff volunteering during working hours
6,149
Number of volunteers during working hours
1,295
Organisations supported
Our 2021 impact for the year ending 30 September 2021
£7.6m
Community contribution (Cash, time, in-kind and management costs)
£1.7m
Leverage (Cash)
45,995 hours
Time spent volunteering during working hours
231,973
Individuals directly supported
33%
Full-time equivalent colleagues volunteering during working hours
4,797
Number of volunteers during working hours
903
Organisations supported
£7.1m
Community contribution (Cash, time, in-kind and management costs)
£1.7m
Leverage (Cash)
46,221
Time spent volunteering during working hours
45,034
Individuals directly supported
20%
Full-time equivalent colleagues volunteering during working hours
3,162
Number of volunteers during working hours
1,057
Organisations supported
How we’re progressing against our targets:
Through Opening Doors to Opportunities, we will give one million young people the opportunity to develop their skills by 2030.
In June 2023, we were proud to launch our new community commitment to social mobility, Opening Doors to Opportunities, which pledges to provide one million young people with the opportunity to develop their skills by 2030. Low social mobility in the UK remains a persistent issue and young people are disproportionately impacted. Working with industry and education experts, with a focus on places in greatest need, our aim is to give young people, no matter their background or circumstances, the skills, insight and support they need to thrive in the world of work.
In 2023, we were proud to support over 170,000 young people through a range of activities including in-office visits, school workshops, and campaign activities through strategic partnerships with National Numeracy and the National Literacy Trust.
We’ll raise £1m for Marie Curie by October 2023 (through fundraising and pro bono support).
At the end of 2021, our colleagues chose to support Marie Curie as our national charity for the next two years.
In FY22 & FY23 we raised a total of £1,232,039 for Marie Curie and provided a total of £360,379 worth of pro bono support.
In October 2023, we made the decision to extend our partnership with Marie Curie for an additional year. This is in recognition of the current cost-of-living crisis, and demonstrates our commitment to providing support through these challenging times. The partnership has shown significant opportunity in the pro bono space - we’re pleased to be able to harness this opportunity with Marie Curie, supporting their mission to ensure better end of life care for all.
