Latest news on Stepladder Plus Roll-out ..

Young people in care are being welcomed onto the Stepladder Plus programme from a number of local authorities as funding permits. Meanwhile the Stepladder course without incentives (Standard Stepladder) is available to all 15-17 year-olds in care, and all care leavers up to the age of 25.  

So far, young people from a large number of local authorities have benefited: please refer to our progress report to see details, which include progress through the six steps. It goes without saying that where incentive funding can be found, progress through the steps is significantly improved. We also carry out a regular survey with care leavers to collate their comments on both their account and the Stepladder scheme: please click here for details.

In order for us to include your local authority into Stepladder Plus on a consistent basis, we need to secure voluntary funding to provide the step payments: please speak to your local authority in the first instance to encourage them to work with us to find the funding. To encourage them, we've sent this video to all our contacts together with registration leaflets to help 15-17 year-olds to register directly with The Share Foundation: ask your virtual school head (England) or social worker for more information.