The Alliance
The Alliance
By employers, for employers
The Fair Chance Business Alliance is a membership organisation, founded and led by employers for employers.
We exist to advance the cause of Fair Chance employment in the UK: making the case for hiring and promoting people with criminal records, supported by a tiered quality standard to ensure this is successful, sustainable and safe.
The Alliance is independent of government and politics, and led by representatives from a range of employers working together to improve employment prospects, reduce reoffending and build safer communities.
Our Pledge
As informed employers, we are committed to providing people with criminal records a fair chance to participate and progress in the UK economy and contribute to society
Our pledge PLUS (for Gold members):
And we further commit to promoting the benefits of Fair Chance employment and to contributing to the sharing of expert practice and resources to support the recruitment and advancement of people with criminal records.
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What's in it for employers?
Fair Chance isn’t just good for society – it’s good for employers too. Here’s why joining the Fair Chance Business Alliance is a win-win for your business.
- The Charter mark provides recognition within your industry and to the wider public of your commitment to community and society.
- It identifies you to candidates as an open-minded employer, expanding access to talent amid a persistent UK recruitment crisis.
- A Fair Chance means addressing staffing culture, which improves engagement, resilience and retention and diversity.
- Progression through the charter tiers demonstrates your ESG / CSR / ED&I credentials and how you value your employees. That’s a competitive edge for recruitment and retention.
- In time, alliance members will include comprehensive resources to help you make the commercial case to your team and deliver more inclusive employment.
- A directory of experienced employers and charities will form a lively community of practice which you can tap and contribute to.
- There’ll also be a jobs board to promote Charter-marked jobs to the 8 million people in the UK workforce with a criminal record.
Founding signatories
A growing roster of employers, including well-known names from construction, retail, transport, recruitment and IT services have already joined us as founding signatories since we launched in February 2023. They represent over 80,000 job opportunities – and we’re aiming for a lot more.
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Friends and allies
An alliance means working together for a shared vision. As we work to establish our Charter, we’re delighted to count a number of expert and experienced charities and organisations as friends and allies.
Want to help us expand employment opportunities for people with criminal records?
Find out how Fair Chance employment could change your organisation.
Fair Chance First Movers
A growing roster of employers, including well-known names from construction, retail, transport, recruitment and IT services have already joined us as founding signatories since we launched in February 2023. They represent over 250,000 job opportunities – and we’re aiming for a lot more.
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Latest News
Our Opening Doors Forum with BITC
We were delighted to invite friends of the FCBA movement to join us on Tuesday July 16th at 2pm for a lively one-hour Opening Doors Forum on employing people with criminal records, co-hosted with our friends and partners at Business in
Partnership news: Summer 2024
After several months of due diligence and focused discussion, we have invited nGAGE (the BridgeOfHope.careers portal people) to be our partner in showcasing Fair Chance Employers’ jobs, as well as offering Fair Chance Candidates resources to aid their search and applications.
Bridge of Hope was built on co-founder and CEO Michael Corrigan’s previous business, Europe’s largest recruitment platform for people with criminal records. He says, “We’re excited and are looking forward to partnering with Fair Chance Business Alliance to provide a jobs board solution for employers and people with disadvantageous personal histories. The vital nature of this work is underpinned by the base statistics of both ex-offender employment (less than one in five are in work within six months of leaving prison) and unemployment generally being at ongoing record lows despite nearly one million job vacancies!”
Get ready: we’re going LIVE in October
We have pushed our Go Live date back to October 2nd to avoid becoming entangled in the General Election. And we’re thrilled to invite employers and potential members to join us for this exciting event at which we will unveil our mission, our founding members, and our tantalising plans for the future…
