The high street firm has set up a programme called Building Happier Futures to recruit more care leavers to roles within the partnership.
Young people with experience of care are “too often overlooked by employers to find meaningful jobs,” said the Partnership, which cites figures showing there are more than 108,000 children in care.
It also warns that young people in care are a third more likely to be made homeless than go to university. They are three times less likely to be in work, education, or training than their peers by the time they reach 19, added John Lewis, as it announced its plans.
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