North East Lincolnshire Council launches employment support scheme for care leavers
The Family Enterprise programme targets care leavers who often face barriers to employment, including a lack of support networks and stable role models.
North East Lincolnshire Council has launched the Family Enterprise programme, a new employment scheme for care leavers.
The scheme aims to help young people move out of care and into work.
It follows a pilot run over the summer and is set to start its first full cohort in January 2026.
The programme targets care leavers who often face barriers to employment, including a lack of support networks and stable role models.
National research found 41% of care leavers aged 19 to 21 were not in education, employment or training.
Care leavers were also more likely to end up in youth custody and at risk of exploitation, affecting their long-term health.
Young people helped shape the programme, which will run as an 8 to 12-week course delivered by CPO, a Grimsby-based training provider.
Activities include skills assessments, confidence-building, accredited training and wellbeing support.
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