Please note: the deadline for all Award submissions has been extended to 5pm GMT on Friday 17 February 2017.
An estimated £39bn per year is lost to the UK economy by the social costs of inequality (The Cost of Equality, The Equality Trust). The consequences of this are far reaching, with consequences of inequalities including reduced life expectancy, higher levels of debt particularly amongst vulnerable groups, higher rates of illness including mental illness, and higher levels of crime.
