Surrey Heartlands, Career Matters and Surrey Youth Focus hosted 50+ colleagues at the first briefing for the the Care Experienced pilot. The pilot is one of ten pilots within an ICB (Integrated Care Board) nationally focusing on increasing employment opportunities for care experience young people in Surrey, and is part of the wider Universal Family Care Leavers Covenant. The Surrey pilot ran to March 2024, with the aim to help 25+ care experienced leavers, aged 16-25, into Health and Social apprenticeships (the aspiration is to develop long term career pathways).

We worked collaboratively to help to widen understanding of need, the pilot project and build a collective passion to get involved – either as an employer or as a partner that supports care experienced young people. To find out click here

Surrey Youth Focus worked alongside partners to develop a coffee and chat to bring colleagues together to understand more about care experienced young people and the support available in Surrey.