When employers join Drive Forward as
, they not only join a passionate community committed to supporting care-experienced young people into sustainable work but gain access to exclusive networking and learning opportunities, like our Partner Breakfasts.
We hosted our final Partner Breakfast for 2022 during National Care Leavers’ Week. NCLW is an annual celebration of care-experienced people’s achievements as well as an opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for government and societal improvement.
It was a privilege to hear from two of our care-experienced young people as they took centre stage sharing their experiences of moving from care into a career of their own choice.
Our network of employers and partners all have one thing in common: the belief that young people, regardless of their background, deserve a chance to thrive at work and in their lives.
Department for Education’s Policy Advisor, Rob McPherson talked about the Civil Service Care Leaver Internship Scheme, and how it transformed their approach to recruiting new talent and their perspective on taking responsibility for care-experienced young people.
With the Independent Care Review calling for at least 3,500 new jobs and apprenticeships for care-experienced people annually, it is vital to foster communities like this to make this goal possible.
Every partner has something to offer care-experienced young people; from training and mentoring, to bespoke work opportunities. We would love to hear your ideas and work together to enable care-experienced young people in London to thrive.
