Supporting Young Londoners

Overall Goal

Improve life chances and opportunities for disadvantaged young Londoners through positive opportunities in partnership with London’s youth sector. 

Key Deliverables

  • Increasing access to quality mentoring for disadvantaged young Londoners. 

  • Helping young people build trusted relationships, access new networks, acquire new skills and develop confidence and coping strategies.  

  • Collaborating with the voluntary and community sector and youth support organisations to support young Londoners facing the starkest inequalities.

Programme Priorities

Creating positive opportunities that help young Londoners to:

  • Build trusted relationships (including through mentoring)

  • Access new networks

  • Acquire new skills

  • Develop confidence and coping strategies

Progress Measures

  • Number of volunteer mentors identified, trained and matched.

  • Direct mentoring opportunities provided.

  • Number of positive opportunities directly delivered.

  • Number of positive opportunities created through funding external partners.

  • Research or training delivered to support young Londoners or London’s youth sector.

  • Relevant events and workshops hosted or facilitated to create positive opportunities.

  • Tools and resources developed to help create positive opportunities and support London’s youth sector.