CYP Now - Coaches support young people to find stability

Settle’s personal advisers give care-experienced young adults the practical and emotional support they need to successfully transition to independent living.

Coaches work with young people on areas such as financial resilience, life skills, accessing support and emotional wellbeing. Picture: Benoit Grogan

Project: Settle

Purpose: To prevent care-experienced young people becoming homeless

Funding: About 60 per cent of the charity’s income comes from trusts and foundations with 40 per cent from contracts with local authorities and housing associations. Total income for 2022/23 was £759,600

Background

Research suggests around a third of care leavers end up homeless within the first two years of leaving care. Charity Settle was set up in 2015 to improve the support on offer to this vulnerable group.

Co-founder and chief executive Rich Grahame witnessed the challenges first-hand having worked in hostels accommodating young people. He saw many residents leave to live independently only to return having been evicted and made homeless.

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