upReach 2024-27 Stategy - Flipbook - Page 8
Section 2: What unlocking potential looks like
Sustainably scale up our reach
What have we already achieved?
When upReach was founded, we supported 39 undergraduates, collaborated with 3 partners,
and worked out of a single of昀椀ce in London. We now work with more than 100 partners every
year, and our own employees are located in 5 of昀椀ces across the UK. Our reach has grown to
more than 3,000 undergraduates each year, spread across every region of the UK, with 56%
based outside of London.
The diversity data for our 3,000+ undergraduates in 2023
Ethnicity
56%
76%
30%
Previously eligible for
Free School Meals
Household income
below £25,000
From regions with
low Higher Education
participation rates
22%
43%
7%
6%
21%
76%
10%
46%
First in family to
attend university
Disclosed a
disability
Attended low
performing schools
(GCSE/A Level)
Asian / Asian British
Black / African / Caribbean /
Black British
Mixed / Multiple Ethnic
Backgrounds
Other
11%
3%
52%
Have previously been
a carer or in care
Refugee/
Asylum status
Identify as
female
3000+
The number of
undergraduates we
supported in 23/24
8
Prefer not to disclose
White
91
+205%
The number of universities
across the UK attended
by our undergraduates
in 23/24
The increase in the number
of attendees at upReach
events outside of London
between 21/22 and 23/24
