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  • Responding to increase in apprenticeships care leavers' bursary

    Nicola Aylward, Head of Learning for Young People at Learning and Work Institute, responds to Government announcement that the apprenticeships care leavers' bursary will be increased from £1,000 to £3,000 in August 2023.
  • Care leavers and the welfare system

    In this blog, our Head of Learning for Young People Nicola Aylward explores the recommendations from our report on care leavers and the Welfare system.
  • Research and Reports 20 06 2022

    Care Leavers and the Welfare System

    With the support of Lloyds Bank Foundation, we've been working together with young people from Leicestershire Cares, Drive Forward and Homes2Inspire to understand care leavers’ experiences of the welfare system and develop policy recommendations.
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  • Research and Reports 04 05 2020

    Supporting Care Leavers in Further Education

    These resources are for colleges in England that want to review and improve their support for Looked After Young People and Care Leavers.
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  • Research and Reports 04 03 2019

    Resources to support care leavers into apprenticeships

    Our resources are aimed at encouraging employers to take on care leavers as apprentices and to raise awareness of the funding available to help.
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  • Research and Reports 04 05 2017

    Top Tips for Foster Carers

    We hope that these simple top tips will help foster carers to provide good support to the young people they look after.
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  • Research and Reports 04 05 2017

    Employer guide to supporting care leavers in the workplace

    It includes information about care leavers and hints and tips for employers to support them at each stage of their employment.
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  • Research and Reports 04 05 2017

    The Really Useful Book of Learning and Earning (RUBLE) for Care Leavers

    The RUBLE is for young adults (aged 16-25) in England who have recently left care, or are in the process of leaving care.
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  • Research and Reports 04 05 2017

    The Really Useful Book of Learning & Earning for care leavers - User guide for staff

    This guide is provided as an accompaniment to The Really Useful Book of Learning and Earning for Care Leavers (RUBLE) 2017.
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