Young adult care leavers are nine times more likely to become homeless than their peers, a charity has said, calling on the government to find an end to the "appalling" situation. Become ...

The rate of early school leavers in Malta has dropped to 9.6%, fractionally above the EU average, the Education Ministry said, citing data for 2024 by Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.

Properties at several new housing schemes are to be made available to care leavers. Bury Council said that over the next five years, 44 houses and flats will be used at new schemes being delivered ...

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said: "I’m proud that what first started as a two-year trial to help care leavers get around Greater Manchester for free is now a permanent scheme.

The changes were raised at the Care Leavers Ministerial Board, which is jointly chaired by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and met for the first time ...

Care leavers could get free prescriptions and bus fares as part of plans to boost government support for vulnerable young people, PoliticsHome understands. At a recent meeting of the Labour ...

Superdrug has set a goal for care leavers to make up 5% of its workforce by 2030 as it reinforces its commitment to support young people transitioning from care as part of National Care Leavers Week.

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Free buses should be provided for care leavers until they reach 25, local authorities have said. Councils in Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees have ...

Goal 17, an organisation helping young people across the UK, will soon be offering support to local care leavers. The programme, recognised nationally and shortlisted for an award at the European ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The plan by professional body Chartered Accountants ANZ to carry out the accounting education of school leavers who don’t go ...

Rome’s Maxxi museum, Italy’s foremost public contemporary art museum, has appointed a new interim president less than a week after a dentistry teacher was chosen for the role, unleashing a ...