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Partners in Hope is a UK charity which works to help young people leaving the care system into education, training and employment.
When the economic climate is so dire, that young people are having to
live at home with their parents until their late twenties or longer, Who is really looking out for young people from care who have no family or social networks to support them.
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Partners in Hope launched ‘The Genesis Programme’ in May 2010.
It addresses the gap in provision for young people leaving institutional care, offering tailor-made employment programmes to 17-26 year old care leavers. Qualified coaches take them along a ‘progression ladder’ to build the skills and confidence necessary to live as an independent adult and attain sustainable employment.
The care leaver drift
- 8,700 young people leave care each year in the UK
- 39% are under the age of 18
- 2,400 leave care in London (a further 30% of care leavers will ‘drift’ to the Capital)
- Only 6% will make it to higher education
- 40% of youth offenders are from care
- They are more likely to be homeless, unemployed, and without education than any other group of young people
- Thousands of care leavers fall into crime, poverty and addiction, simply because they did not have the right support at the right time
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As youth unemployment reaches record levels (more than I million under 25yrs old are without a job this spring, Guardian 16.02.11) the obstacles facing the more vulnerable in this group are immense |
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