Culture & Belonging:
Creating Community through Social Mobility Tea Breaks

At the Power of Inclusion workshop on 30 November 2023, Tabitha Hutton, Inclusion & Diversity Manager, Grant Thornton UK LLP, delved into the work taking place at Grant Thornton to create a sense of belonging and community. A key initiative in the business is a Social Mobility Tea Break series, which are regular 30-minute discussions on a topic potentially of interest to those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, such as financial wellbeing or barriers, bias and discrimination related to socioeconomic background. The tea breaks aim to give physiological permission for people to talk about experiences and have inspired further senior leader involvement in the social mobility strategy.