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Care Leaver Covenant launches further education partnership

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A new partnership between the Department for Education’s Care Leaver Covenant and education group NGC is set to support care leavers into further education and training.
The partnership aims to support care leavers with difficulties such as housing. Picture: Adobe Stock
The partnership aims to support care leavers with difficulties such as housing. Picture: Adobe Stock

The new scheme is designed to help not-for-profit organisation NGC support care-experienced students take up the opportunities that are available to them by responding to the specific challenges they face, such as having no family support and entering education with no stable housing or income.

Pilots of the scheme will see three progression coordinators from Spectra, the social value agency that delivers the covenant, work across NCG colleges in Carlisle, Kidderminster, Lewisham, Newcastle, Southwark and West Lancashire.

They will work with student services staff to help them to identify, match and support students into Covenant employment and leisure opportunities.

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