Meet the charity partners changing lives

LTSB prepares, connects and supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to careers with leading organisations. Their programmes are designed to tackle the structural inequalities in education and employment that prevent social mobility. 

They work with ambitious and talented young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds across the UK and unlock their potential through personal and professional development and career-making opportunities, helping to ensure a more secure future.

Flexible funding will help LTSB to support programme delivery across the organisation, including existing employment bootcamps in Law, Business, Tech, Finance and Insurance, a new Business bootcamp in Glasgow and the roll out of FutureYOU, a new programme aimed at engaging younger students. 

Vist the LTSB website

Future First is a national social mobility charity working to ensure no young person’s future is limited by their background. They tackle one of the UK’s most entrenched inequalities: the link between a child’s socioeconomic background and their prospects. In disadvantaged communities, young people are far less likely to have access to professional role models, guidance, or networks, and as a result, are often unable to see a future beyond their immediate surroundings.

The charity build thriving networks of alumni and employee volunteers around state schools, connecting students with relatable role models who have walked similar paths and succeeded. These role models show young people what’s possible, raise aspirations, build confidence and help them make informed choices about their future. To date, Future First has created over 1,250 alumni networks, and supported more than 465,000 young people.

With funding from our Foundation, the charity will be establishing 30 new alumni networks across UK state schools in areas of high deprivation. 

Visit the Furture First website

In the UK, children from low-income families are falling behind. By the time they finish primary school, these children are typically ten months behind their peers academically, and the gap continues to grow.

Almost half of this gap isn't about what happens in the classroom - it's about what happens at home. Children with engaged parents have better attendance, stronger academic motivation and more secure social and emotional development, all contributing to higher learning outcomes.

This is where Learning with Parents comes in. Transformative learning doesn't just happen during the school day - it happens around the kitchen table, in living rooms and cars. It accumulates in family routines, conversations and experiences. Through their innovative online programmes in Reading, Maths, English and Financial Literacy, LWP is helping families build lasting, positive learning habits.

We are supporting the charity to scale their work and build capacity with an unrestricted grant over two years. 

Visit the Learning with Parents website

Young carers selflessly care for relatives and, as a result, face multiple structural inequalities such as poverty, low quality housing and poorer access to quality healthcare and education. 

40% of primary-aged young carers have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and only half of them meet the expected standards of reading. 44% of them are entitled to free school meals as opposed to 17% of non-carers and they have a persistent absence rate double that of those without caring roles. Half of all young carers live in areas of social and economic deprivation and they are twice as likely to find themselves not in education, employment or training when leaving school. 

Our funding will enable the launch of the ‘Equity for Young Carers’ project. Over one million young carers across the UK provide vital care for loved ones, but without a national framework of good practice, there’s a huge geographical disparity in support available that leaves too many young carers without the help they deserve.

This project will support UK organisations to expand and improve their services, influence policy makers to address the needs of young carers, and help to establish a national framework of good practice.

Visit the MYTIME Young Carers website

There are hundreds of thousands of insecurely housed and homeless young people who are vulnerable to long-term economic inactivity, developing mental illness, falling into addictions, committing acquisitive crimes and joining gangs.  Without wrap around support, and realistic opportunities, their hope and drive for a better future simply ebbs away.

EveryYouth Employed provides dedicated Employability Coaches, via our network of Delivery Partners, across the UK. This programme was developed because young people’s key workers lacked the time, skills and networks necessary to help young people enter education, employment or training (EET).

Our funding will support the Employability Coaches to work closely with young people over an extended period to understand their needs and aspirations, whilst establishing relationships with local training providers, colleges, and employers to improve access to viable opportunities in their area.

Coaches help young people re-engage with, or further their education, and progress into sustainable careers; whether it’s developing basic literacy and numeracy skills, CV/application support, or prepping for job interviews. 

Visit the Every Youth website

English and maths qualifications are essential to a wide range of education and employment opportunities and supporting social mobility. More than half of students from disadvantaged backgrounds leave school without a standard pass (grade 4 or above) in GCSE English and maths; without this they are nine times more likely to not be in education, training or employment (NEET) by the time they are 19.

These factors have lasting repercussions for individuals, our society, and the economy. Without English and maths qualifications, young people are significantly more likely to drop out of education and are locked out of key professions, apprenticeships, and university courses. 

Get Further has an established track record of supporting students in the further education sector to pass their gateway qualifications and close the attainment gap. Our flexible funding will support their continued efforts to increase curriculum capacity and engage students for longer, driving better outcomes. 

Visit the Get Further website