Future Ready
A bespoke mentoring and training opportunity for young adult carers and those who have care experience or are care leavers
The Future Ready project aims to prepare Young Adults to become “work ready”. This exciting new initiative is aimed at care givers and care leavers between the ages of 18 to 28 in Hertfordshire. The programme is designed to develop the young adults’ personal journey to employment.
The programme will take the form of face to face and online meetings which will focus on prioritising the needs and interests of each individual.
We offer support and guidance, training and upskilling, volunteering and work experience placements. There will be a focus on employability skills including CV preparation, interview techniques and jargon busting job roles. Wellbeing activities will focus on improved mental and physical health, and confidence building.
If you would like to know more about the initiative, please contact paula@communityactiondacorum.org.uk
If you would like to sign up to the project, please click here
May 2026
New data reveals that young people with caring responsibilities are more than twice as likely as their peers to be persistently NEET (not in employment, education, or training) for a period of two years or more.
The research, published today by Carers Trust, University College London, and City St George’s, University of London, comes just days after the release of the Milburn report into youth unemployment, which identified young carers as one of the most ‘at risk’ yet ‘least visible’ groups vulnerable to NEET status.
The new data also highlights significant inequalities in progression through further and higher education, showing young carers are:
· 40% less likely to complete a further education (FE) qualification
· 31% less likely to attend higher education (HE)
· 37% less likely to achieve a degree-level qualification
Crucially, the research outlines that these inequalities cannot be explained by socioeconomic background alone. Too often, insufficient support for young carers is not enabling them to balance schooling with caring. These barriers are having direct consequences on young carers’ life chances.
The study, based on long-term UK population data tracking more than 2,450 young people aged 16 to 25, provides some of the clearest and most recent evidence to date that young carers are being left behind.
