We are the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers, NNECL, a registered charity dedicated to transforming the educational outcomes of young people with experience of being in care.
We believe all young people should have the opportunity to start adulthood with a good education, leading them to a good career, which will sustain them for life. Too often young people from care backgrounds get stuck in low-paid employment because of the lack of ambition to support their education after the age of 16. Since 2018 we have been working in partnership with proactive and ambitious education practitioners and care system professionals across the UK to transform the progression of children in care and care leavers, into and through further and higher education.
We have over 100 organisations in active membership, including universities and colleges, foster agencies, local authority leaving care teams, virtual schools and charities. Over 300 individual practitioners are supported via these organisations enabling us to reach a community of more than 800 dynamic professionals.
Our vision is for learners with care experience and who are estranged across our four nations to be empowered and supported to achieve their full educational potential. Our mission is to create educational environments where people with care experience thrive.
Our generous funders
