Thank you for your interest in supporting a young person with their university application! 🎓

Many of the students on our programme don't have a family history of attending university, so writing a personal statement can be a new and daunting experience for them. Similarly, a lot of schools don't have the capacity or subject-specific knowledge to give them the support they need. This is why your help with our Personal Statement Checking Services is invaluable. 

This short form ask for some personal information so you can start your journey. This is so we can:
  • Contact you
  • Understand your higher education qualifications and the job role/sector you work in -- we'll use this to match you with a young person's personal statement(s)
Your Data
Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about how we store and use your data. Email privacy@socialmobility.org.uk with any questions or to request your data.

Checker Support & How to Share this Opportunity with Colleagues




We recommend entering your personal email address. Our emails to your professional inbox may get blocked by a firewall.


Search for your employer. Please enter your status if you're not currently in employment (e.g. Student, Retired, Self Employed). Search for 'Other' if your employer doesn't appear.


You do not need to have attended university to volunteer with us.

Search for your university. Can't find it? Enter 'Other.'



Please list out the other subjects to help us with matching!

e.g. Do you have any other areas of expertise you haven't yet mentioned? Volunteering? Member of a professional body?

Untick the weeks you cannot do -- if your availability changes you're welcome to decline any statements we send to you.


Leave blank if N/A.


If you work for one of the SMF's Charity Partners, your employer may request your name for reporting and evaluation purposes.


By submitting this application form you agree and consent to the following: 

✔️ You will comply with our Safeguarding Policy.

Before you submit your interest, we also have another volunteering opportunity which many of our PSCS volunteers also sign up for; the Recruitment Success Service (RSS)!