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Care-experienced people

Despite making up just 1% of the general population, care experienced people make up 40% of the adult prison population.

Children and young people are taken into the care system when it’s no longer safe for them to remain at home, often because they’ve been abused, neglected, or raised in a household with violence and/or addiction issues.

For many young people, the care system is a positive experience, but for others, life is very difficult. Whilst still suffering from the traumas of their childhoods, many are moved to new placements and towns on a regular basis, and the chaotic nature of their lives can make it difficult to forge lasting relationships and focus on school.

All of this means that as adults they are vastly over-represented in the prison and homeless populations, and they are more likely to suffer from mental health issues.

This is why The Considered Ask funds organisations providing support to care-leavers, with the aim of helping young people to work through their mental health issues, attain the qualifications they need to move into higher education, and secure work placements and fulfilling careers.

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25% of care-leavers experience homelessness within the first 2 years of leaving care.

Source: BBC News

Today’s care-leavers continue to achieve lower grades in GCSEs at age 16, and in 2021 just 7.2% of looked-after children achieved the Grade 5 ‘good pass’ threshold in English and mathematics GCSEs.

Source: UCL

Care-leavers in England are over ten times more likely than their peers to not be working or studying at the age of 21.

Source: University of York

The charities
we support

When people receive the right kind of intervention before a problem develops into a crisis, they go on to
have more successful outcomes in life, including less reliance on the state.

We believe our partner charities are the experts in what they do, while The Considered Ask is best placed to identify, measure and magnify the impact of their work – with your support.

This feature shines a spotlight on one of many charities we support within this community. If you would like to find out more about the other incredible charities we work with, we’d be more than happy to discuss them with you.

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£50k
awarded to First Star
£50k
awarded to First Star
£143k
total grant for care-experienced people
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First Star is a national children’s charity dedicated to improving educational outcomes for young people growing up in care.

They deliver a long-term university preparation programme which young people attend from the age of 14 to 18. The programme is holistic and covers academic support (including tutoring), life skills and employability workshops, leadership sessions and wellbeing support.

Crucially, the programme gives young people the chance to connect with a community of peers with similar life experiences, and it incorporates an annual summer residential at a partner university, to give young people a taste of university life.

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£50k
awarded to First Star
£50k
awarded to First Star
£143k
total grant for care-experienced people
1/1

First Star is a national children’s charity dedicated to improving educational outcomes for young people growing up in care.

They deliver a long-term university preparation programme which young people attend from the age of 14 to 18. The programme is holistic and covers academic support (including tutoring), life skills and employability workshops, leadership sessions and wellbeing support.

Crucially, the programme gives young people the chance to connect with a community of peers with similar life experiences, and it incorporates an annual summer residential at a partner university, to give young people a taste of university life.

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First Star UK played a pivotal role in broadening my horizons and promoting a belief in my own potential. Their belief in me was the motivation that propelled me forward.

Monica, First Star Scholar
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First Star provided us with a safe space to knock down the walls that hindered our growth and prevented connections. In this environment, we felt encouraged to express our true selves, free from judgement or fear.

Khushi, First Star Scholar
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First Star empowered me to become an advocate for myself and others.

Anonymous, First Star Scholar

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The Considered ASK Foundation is a charitable company registered in England and Wales whose registered office is at 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF

Company number: 13349781

Charity number: 1195905

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