



SMBP is a volunteer led charity which brings together over 130 professional services firms, commercial organisations and professional sports teams committed to supporting students from low income backgrounds in their pursuit of a career, in particular, as a legal or finance professional.
SMBP currently runs programmes to include students from Belfast, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Norwich, Oldham and Reading, successfully unifying efforts to promote social mobility in the legal and accountancy professions through partnerships with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, ACCA, the ICEAW, CILEx, Law Society of Scotland, Law Society of Northern Ireland, The Bar Standards Board, The Faculty of Advocates, ACCA, ICAS, IntoUniversity and the Sutton Trust.