Drive Forward Foundation is a charity that enables care-experienced young people to achieve their full potential through sustainable and fulfilling employment. 2000 young people leave the London care system ever year, ill-equipped for the challenges that await them. They lack the skills, confidence and support to successfully manage their transition into adulthood and independence and we want to change that. Listen to our care-experience young people share their stories, challenges and succe ...
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The Civil Service Internship Scheme with Teslimah & Keeley!
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In this episode we are joined by Teslimah and Keeley, two care-experienced young people working in the Civil Service via the Care Leaver Internship Scheme! The Civil Service Care Leaver Internship is a 12-month paid position that is ring-fenced for care leavers to help them start a career within government! Listen and laugh to all the dos and don't…
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Our newest early intervention programme, Aspire!
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At Drive Forward, we help care-experienced young people get into fulfilling and sustainable employment. In this episode, we are joined by Claudia Roehlen, one of Drive Forward's Programme Managers who is leading our latest early intervention programme, ASPIRE! Claudia explains how early intervention is necessary to set up care-experienced young peo…
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Chris Wild - "Turning Adversity into an Advantage"
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At Drive Forward, we help care-experienced young people get into fulfilling and sustainable employment. In this episode, we are joined by Chris Wild who generously shares his time in care, how it has shaped his career today and his involvement with the Independent Review of Children's Social Care. Chris is an author, care home consultant, governmen…
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Doing Mental Health Differently
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Drive Forward Foundation a charity that focuses on helping care-experienced young people get into fulfilling and sustainable employment. A key barrier to employment can be the lack of mental health support for care-experienced young people as this is one of many services that drop off once care-experienced young people become 18. In this episode we…
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Kara - Reducing the Unnecessary Criminalisation of Care-experienced Young People
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Drive Forward Foundation a charity that focusses on helping care-experienced young people get into fulfilling and sustainable employment. In order to do that we need to know what is the care system to truly understand what it means to be care-experienced and how we can best support our young people. Listen to Kara one of our Policy Forum members ab…
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Nicholl Hardwick - The Care System
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Drive Forward Foundation a charity that focusses on helping care-experienced young people get into fulfilling and sustainable employment. In order to do that we need to know what is the care system to truly understand what it means to be care-experienced and how we can best support our young people. Listen to one of our Senior Employment Consultant…
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Joseph - The Apprenticeship Experience
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It's National Apprenticeship Week 2022 and we're sharing Joseph's experience of his apprenticeship in Digital Marketing! Apprenticeships are great opportunities for care-experienced young people because they provide real work experience and a chance to earn a qualification all whilst being paid! "I chose to do an apprenticeship because it's a great…
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Creating a Legacy - an interview with Martha Wansbrough
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"I set up Drive Forward Foundation to address an injustice." - Martha Wansbrough (1961 - 2021) In memory of Drive Forward Foundation's founder and long-term CEO, Martha Wansbrough, we'd love to share this interview between Martha and Joy Millani, one of our care-experienced young people on her podcast series 'Girl, Just Start-Up!' Martha dedicated …
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Rebekah Clark - "Wherever you go, there you'll be"
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Meet Rebekah, a creative communications specialist with an international career which has seen her tell a wide-range of captivating stories to diverse audiences and now a proud Partner of Drive Forward Foundation! With her care experience of being adopted, Rebekah recognises the power of early intervention work in children and alongside her communi…
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