When you partner with Drive Forward Foundation, you’ll receive:

• A dedicated account manager to help shape opportunities that suit your organisation’s capacity and goals.
• Training and induction for your team, including pre-placement sessions focused on understanding care-experience and how to provide inclusive, trauma-informed support.
• Candidate preparation and ongoing support, we work closely with young people before and during placements to ensure they’re ready and supported, and we stay in touch with both you and the individual throughout.
• Access to events such as breakfast briefings and our annual partner appreciation event, offering opportunities to network, hear directly from young people, and explore topics relevant to social mobility and inclusion.
• A collaborative partner network across corporate and public sectors, where you can share best practice and contribute to a wider movement for workplace equality.

• That you commit time and energy to creating a supportive environment for care-experienced young people.
• That you review recruitment practices and consider alternative application processes that allow candidates to demonstrate their potential beyond traditional CVs and interviews.
• That you invest in inclusive workplace culture, including providing appropriate supervision, mentoring, and feedback.
• That you see this partnership as part of a broader commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, not a one-off initiative.