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.

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.

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.

Employer guide to supporting care leavers in the workplace

This guide includes information about care leavers alongside hints and tips for employers to support them at each stage of their employment.

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.

Localised approaches to supporting care leavers

This report highlights the critical success factors of existing local approaches, and includes case studies which have successfully developed effective models of support for care leavers.

Top tips for foster carers

These top tips are designed to help foster carers provide good support to the young people they look in relation to employment and learning.

Jackie Woodhouse

Working class people paid more when they get training from their employer

Experts are calling on the Government to do more to get employers investing in training, as research reveals it's a “boon for people’s pay and careers” – particularly for working class people.

Spotlight on Aberdeen: A place-based approach to lifelong learning

In partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust, we’ve launched an innovative place-based collaboration to boost adult participation in learning across Aberdeen. This blog gives an update on our progress.