THE UNITE GROUP PLC | Sustainability Report 2025 9 Young people We’re committed to championing inclusion, wellbeing and success for young people in higher education. We want students to consider us as a place they call home, rather than just an accommodation provider. To help achieve this, we focus on three key areas: • Helping our residents thrive at university, as they transition to independent living. • Championing inclusion and success for disadvantaged student groups, throughout their higher education experience and beyond, through our research and action which improves access, participation and inclusion, with a special focus on supporting care leavers. • Providing early career enhancement and development opportunities, through high quality student internships and industrial placements and our sector-leading Resident Ambassador programme. Underpinning these is an ambition to invest £15 million by 2030 in supporting young people, including: • Donations to the Unite Foundation. • Equivalent value of the donations we make in kind (e.g. free accommodation, summer programmes, free/peppercorn rents to tenant organisations using our buildings). • Costs of our resident wellbeing provision to support health and wellbeing during the year, including central resident experience team overheads, training and programmes delivered in year. Our key ambitions and targets Ambition 2023 2024 2025 Actual Progress Maintain support to the Unite Foundation £1.8 million 1.9 million £1.9 million On track 100% of properties to have Resident Ambassadors 85% 91% 94% +3% INTRODUCTION YOUNG PEOPLE COMMUNITIES OUR COLLEAGUES THE ENVIRONMENT APPENDICES LOOKING FORWARD