The partnership between Durham County Council and the University of Durham's Collingwood College was launched in a bid to boost educational achievement and social skills among local looked-after young people.
Sixteen successful mentoring relationships were forged, and double that number are due to go ahead in the second phase of the scheme, which starts this month.
The scheme has cost between 35,000 and 40,000. Jane Lesarge, access manager at Durham County Council, said the authority was so impressed with the project that social care, education and health partners were looking at jointly financing it when funding ends in March 2005.
Managers are also keen to extend it to cover younger looked-after children in Year 9.
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