12 Month
Leadership Programme
Our aim is to build a supportive community of leaders with lived and professional experiences.
Through our comprehensive 12-month programme, we equip these dedicated individuals with the skills they need, through nurturing their empathy and igniting their entrepreneurial spirit.
Together, we develop solutions to social issues impacting care experienced individuals.
Our Mission
To support 100 lived and professional experienced people to develop ideas, projects or businesses that solve social issues for care experienced people by 2025.
Your idea has the power to become a thriving project or business.
The Care Leaders Fellowship is here to make that transformation happen.
Our Offer
1
A community of
Lived Experience and Professional Leaders
We provide a community of lived and professional experienced leaders to come together, learn about leadership and solve social issues.
2
12 Module Learning Programme
Our 12 module learning programme gives fellows the skills to be entrepreneurial and empathic leaders.
3
3 Leadership Retreats
We bring fellows together to engage in 3 leadership retreats designed to intensively challenge, support and develop them as leaders.
4
Entrepreneurial
Coaching
This exclusive one-on-one coaching experience connects you with seasoned entrepreneurs, accomplished leaders, and industry experts who are eager to share their knowledge and insights.
5
Digital
Marketing Incubator
Our digital marketing incubator helps you develop digital engagement skills, essential to working with young people. You will have access to our digital marketing specialist who will work with you to support the development of your digital marketing.
6
Fundraising Support
Through our extensive network and partnerships, we'll facilitate opportunities for you to engage directly with potential donors, grant-making organisations, and impact investors.
The Fellowship Team
Support through coaching, training and workshop facilitation.
Director of Strategy, The Care Leaders
Luke Rodgers, BEM
As a Lived Experience Leader, Luke has a passion for and expertise in creating projects that benefit the lives of care-experienced people, ensuring their experience is at the heart of all projects and training facilitated by The Care Leaders. As founder of The Care Leaders, Luke has led work in the USA, Europe, and nationally in the UK, working with leading organisations in the children’s sector.
Luke’s commitment to improving outcomes for young people and families was recognised through the award of the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Fellowship Alumni Testimonies
Carl Moreton
My Future Self Matters
The fellowship has played a vital role in the development of My Future Self Matters, particularly in enhancing the organisation's business operations and ensuring a strong focus on safeguarding.
Katie Smaldon & Rachael Grimshire
Avocados Advocacy
Being part of the fellowship has provided opportunities to connect with like-minded peers, fostering idea-sharing, mutual support, and expanding networks of support for Avocado Advocacy and its community.
Jerome Harvey-Agyei
Topé Project
The fellowship provided me with the opportunity to properly implement my business idea, establish a solid structure, and develop a strategic approach. It equipped me with the necessary skills and knowledge to strike a balance between structure and compassion within my organisation.
Mary-Anne Hodd
Vital Voice
The fellowship has played a pivotal role in the success of Vital Voice. From the initial ideas phase to the business launch, the support provided by the fellowship has been invaluable.
Who can apply?
The Care Leaders Fellowship is for individuals who have lived and professional experience of children's social care, who have an idea that will solve social issues for care experienced people, and are working directly with care experienced people within a local authority.
Lived
Experience
Defined as people who have lived experience of children's social care.
Professional
Experience
Defined as people who have professional experiences of children's social care.
An
Idea
To apply you have to have an idea for an event, project or other - that's aim is to solve social issues for care experienced people.
Local
Authority
You will be working directly with care experienced people in a local authority setting.
