Bright Light is a programme that focusses on getting care Leavers into apprenticeships. It is a partnership project being delivered by Catch22 and The Children’s Society, funded by The Clothworkers Foundation.
This is a pilot programme with the main aim of progressing care leavers into apprenticeships and to understand barriers associated with this to develop solutions, share learnings and to influence national policy. Few projects focus on this difficult point of transition – when young people leave the care system – to offer full wraparound support, stretching across their immediate needs, mental and emotional needs and their route into employment.
This project will explore what more is needed to support care leavers into independence which includes career opportunities, including progression into apprenticeships, employment, education and training – and the systemic barriers that impact on this. We will break down these barriers, real and perceived, that care leavers face in securing apprenticeships to help improve the current numbers.
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