Supporters

The Young Foundation is the lead organisation developing the Fastlaners course.

The Young Foundation brings together insights, innovation and entrepreneurship to meet social needs. We have a 55 year track record of success with ventures such as the Open University, Which?, the School for Social Entrepreneurs and Healthline (the precursor of NHS Direct).

We work across the UK and internationally – carrying out research, influencing policy, creating new organisations and supporting others to do the same, often with imaginative uses of new technology. We now have over 60 staff, working on over 40 ventures at any one time, with staff in New York and Paris as well as London and Birmingham in the UK. (link to Young Foundation website)

The Learning Launchpad is a fund delivered by the Young Foundation working in partnership with Edge to enable young people, whatever their background, to achieve their potential.

Since 2007, the Learning Launchpad has been dedicated to supporting and leading groundbreaking initiatives aimed at helping young people make the transition from education to employment. The Learning Launchpad believes that people from any walk of life, with innovative ideas and the passion to make them happen, inspire enormous change, and it is committed to helping people come up with new solutions and approaches that tackle the problems young people face.