The Purpose Coalition is made up of organisations who are committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity.

We believe all organisations should, and can do more to break down those barriers to opportunity in the UK.

Our cross-party work helps businesses and organisations to do more, share best practice, and develop new solutions for improving the role they can play for their customers, colleagues and local communities.

The Purpose Coalition includes some of Britain’s biggest businesses, including UK Power Networks, bp, Co-op Group, Travelodge, the BBC, Centrica, The Wise Group, Pertemps, Merlin Entertainments, Hitachi, Reed, E.ON, and many more alongside leading universities, councils, and NHS Trusts.

Our Commission on Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity - part of the Purpose Coalition - is shaping the role businesses and organisations can play as responsible parts of society committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity for their customers, colleagues and communities.

WHAT DO BUSINESS LEADERS SAY ABOUT

WORKING WITH

THE PURPOSE COALITION?

I think the real takeaway for me was the opportunity to really collaborate more, further. There’s so much opportunity, so many areas of common interest, and the power is in the collective.
— Kerry Dryburgh, EVP of People, Culture & Communications at bp
What was really refreshing to see was just how much the Coalition are already in action in many different ways. We have huge opportunities to come together more, both in terms of some what we deliver but also telling a much more joined up story about what it is we’re all able to achieve when we work together.
— Carl Hickson, VP for Workforce Transition at bp
For me it’s about the opportunity that the collaboration in the Coalition brings together. So partnering up through the Coalition to really deliver on the agenda of local communities is really powerful.
— Clive Higgins, CEO of Leonardo UK
Learning from each other and creating those connections is what I hope people take from today’s conversations. Because a lot of the problems we try to solve individually, but together we can solve them quicker.
— Sean Haley, CEO of Sodexo UK & Ireland
It’s enabled everyone to understand what options there are based on other people’s experience, and in working together we have a lot more opportunity even though we work across diverse industries.
— Adam Green, Chief Risk Officer at Equitini

EXPLORE THE PURPOSE GOALS

The leading framework to measure and track the work of organisations to break down barriers to opportunity.

SEE OUR WORK AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE

22 - 24 SEPTEMBER 2024 | ACC LIVERPOOL

NEW MPS BACK OUR WORK TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS

The Purpose Coalition is chaired by Rt Hon Justine Greening, the UK’s former Secretary of State for Education, Transport and International Development; and led by Nick Forbes CBE, who served in Sir Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet; Rt Hon Anne Milton, former Minister for Apprenticeships and Health Minister along with Lord Walney, former No 10 Advisor to Gordon Brown and Labour Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness.