Leicestershire Cares Ltd

What Leicestershire Cares Ltd does

Leicestershire Cares Ltd is a registered UK charity (charity no. 1103568, company reg no. 4914588) founded in 2000 and headquartered in Leicester, England, operating across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with a staff of 22. The organization acts as a three-sided connector between care-experienced and disadvantaged young people aged 15–25, secondary schools and colleges, and a network of 120+ local business members. Its core proposition is delivering employability, education, and personal-development outcomes for care-experienced youth, NEET young people, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, and young people with SEND, while enabling local businesses to fulfil CSR and employee-engagement objectives through volunteering, mentoring, work placements, and the Promise to Care employer charter.

The service portfolio is delivered through named programmes including Interview Technique, Employability Workshops, the Together We Can project (mental health, housing, employment, and social isolation), the Altogether Now SEND-focused project, the Violence Intervention Project, Together We Strike football sessions for asylum-seeking youth, the Care Experienced Mentoring Programme, and the Taking Hold of Our Heritage project with The Y and Heritage Lottery Fund. Programmes are delivered face-to-face in schools, at community venues, and on business worksites, with remote options for interview technique and Speedy Speakers sessions; services are free to young people.

The operating model is non-profit, with services funded through a mix of donations, recurring business membership fees, grants from foundations including The Henry Smith Charity, Esmee Fairbairn, and the Heritage Lottery Fund (£707,500 for Y Heritage), and contributions from community partners. There are no pricing tiers, no app or platform, and no proprietary technology stack disclosed. The organization is governed by a board of trustees/directors and operates as a wholly independent entity with no parent company, external investors, or institutional backing disclosed in the source data.

Name

Leicestershire Cares Ltd

Legal name

Leicestershire Cares Ltd

Website

https://leicestershirecares.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Leicestershire Cares Ltd is a UK registered charity connecting care-experienced and disadvantaged young people aged 15–25 with schools and 120+ local businesses across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to deliver employability, mentoring, mental health, and housing support funded by donations, memberships, and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Charity Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Youth employability programs
• Care leaver support
• Community volunteering services
• School career education
• Charity youth services

Headquarters

HQ city

Leicester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The charity accepts donations from individuals and organizations to support their programs for young people.
2. Business Membership: Businesses pay to become members, gaining access to volunteer opportunities, networking events, and the ability to support their community while developing their workforce.
3. Grant Funding: The organization receives funding from charitable foundations including The Henry Smith Charity and Esmee Fairbairn for specific programs. The Y Heritage project was funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund's Kick the Dust programme.
4. Community Partner Contributions: Community groups and partners contribute to and participate in programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Leicestershire Cares is a registered charity that connects local businesses, schools, and care-experienced/disadvantaged young people aged 15-25 across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. It delivers school-based employability workshops, mock interviews, mentoring, work placements, and youth support services through a network of 120+ business members and trained corporate volunteers. Programs address unemployment, mental health, housing instability, and lack of employer connections for looked-after children and care leavers.

Product overview

Leicestershire Cares Ltd is a charity organization offering a portfolio of interconnected youth support and volunteering programs. The core offerings include school-based employability services (Interview Technique, Employability Workshops), community development (Team and Social Challenges), and specialized support for care experienced young people (Together We Can, Altogether Now Project). Programs are delivered through business volunteer engagement, with initiatives like Promise to Care and the Mentoring Programme enabling corporate partners to support young people. The organization operates across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, providing services including youth work, employment support, housing assistance, and mental health support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Altogether Now Project: Supports young people aged 15-24 with SEND to take steps towards employment through multimedia production, team working, employability skills, personal development and confidence building.
• Together We Can
• Together We Strike
• WIRE Project
• Flying Fish
• Go for Reading
• Number Partners
• YES Project
• Inspire Project

Products and services

• Volunteer in Schools Education-focused volunteering program that pairs business volunteers with mainstream and SEND schools across Leicester City and County to deliver employability education supporting Gatsby Benchmarks and Ofsted criteria.
• Volunteer in the Community Community development volunteering that brings together people, organisations and communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to develop skills, capacity and create positive change, including Team Challenges.
• Violence Intervention Project (VIP) Youth project supporting young people with work placements, mock interviews, CV clinics, and employability skills development, including violence intervention and prevention elements.
• Together We Can Holistic support program for care experienced young people aged 15-25, offering mental health support, housing assistance, employment services, campaigning for care leavers' rights, and reduction of social isolation.
• Altogether Now Project Specialized project supporting young people aged 15-24 with SEND to take steps towards employment through multimedia production, team working, employability skills, personal development and confidence building. Funded by The Henry Smith Charity.
• Interview Technique Mock interview program where business volunteers deliver interviews with students in years 10-13 across secondary schools and colleges in Leicester City and County, developing confidence and key interview skills.
• Team and Social Challenges Employee volunteering opportunities where business volunteers transform community buildings and outdoor spaces through one-day practical projects, or support service users at organized social sessions.
• Care Experienced Mentoring Programme Volunteer mentor program pairing professionals with care experienced young people as critical friends and positive role models to guide and advise them through barriers impacting their lives.
• Promise to Care Employer charter and toolkit enabling businesses to support care experienced young people with work placements, workplace tours, mentoring, mock interviews, career talks, and guaranteed job interviews. Backed by the Care Leavers Covenant.
• Taking Hold of Our Heritage Heritage project empowering care experienced young people to discover, create and promote positive cultural histories through oral histories, photography and photovoice, producing artefacts for a touring exhibition. Funded through Heritage Lottery Fund's Kick the Dust programme.
• Together We Strike - UASC Football Sessions Free weekly football sessions for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and asylum seeking young people aged 16-24, providing recreational, social and wellbeing opportunities.
• Care Experienced Students Support (Schools) School-based support for care experienced students from age 15, offering group participation, future planning, work experience, practical support, and voice-building opportunities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Young person B.F. secured part-time employment as a milkman and is on track to start college in September 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Y Charity (YMCA Leicester)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeicestershire Cares worked with The Y's heritage project to produce the care experienced book 'Taking Hold of Our Heritage' and participates in Y Heritage Dragons Den style funding pitches.
• Care Leavers CovenantminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Promise to Care initiative is backed by the Care Leavers Covenant, which targets larger national corporations. Leicestershire Cares focuses on local small to medium size businesses.
• 200 Degrees CoffeeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpecialist coffee roasters providing barista training and work experience opportunities for care experienced young people.
• Zeph's CafeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity cafe in Oadby providing work experience and placement opportunities for care experienced young people, including extended employment placements.
• Sanctus LTDminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEnvironmental services company that created landscaping work placement opportunities for young people at Aylestone Meadows.
• Bradgate ParkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvided work placement including dry stonewalling, gardening and car park duties for care experienced young people.
• De Montfort UniversityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal university partner supporting education and training pathways for young people.
• Loughborough UniversityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal university partner supporting education and training pathways for young people.
• Leicester City CouncilminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal authority partner supporting community initiatives and young people's services.
• Leicestershire County CouncilminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCounty council partner including Virtual School supporting looked after children.
• The Prince's TrustminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational youth charity working together to support care experienced young people through alternative activities.
• Violence Reduction NetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAlliance of groups and organizations from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland working to reduce and prevent serious violence.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: UK social business delivering employability, education, and youth justice services. Comparable through overlapping youth employability programs and Violence Intervention-style services, though operates at much greater scale nationally.
• Barnardo's: One of the UK's largest children's charities supporting care-experienced young people through fostering, employment, and wellbeing services. Highly comparable given Leicestershire Cares' focus on looked after children and care leavers.
• The Prince's Trust: UK's largest youth charity supporting 13-30 year olds through education, training, and employment programs. Direct comparable as Leicestershire Cares is a documented partner; both deliver employability pathways but Prince's Trust operates nationally with broader scope.
• Action for Children: National UK charity supporting vulnerable children and young people through fostering, adoption, and youth services. Comparable mission focus on care-experienced young people and family support, but operating at much larger national scale.
• Centrepoint: National UK charity supporting homeless young people aged 16-25 with housing, employability, and wellbeing services. Overlaps directly with Leicestershire Cares' Together We Can and homeless youth segments across housing and employment pathways.

Others

• National Youth Agency: UK-wide body supporting youth work practice, policy, and standards. Thematically comparable through shared youth services sector focus; serves as an enabler rather than direct competitor to Leicestershire Cares' direct delivery model.

Regional players

• Brook Youth Hub: Youth-focused support services with regional hubs across the UK. Comparable target demographic of young people requiring wellbeing and employability support, though typically focused on sexual health and broader wellbeing rather than care-experienced specialization.

Direct peers

• YMCA Leicester (The Y): Regional YMCA operating in the same Leicester geography as a documented strategic partner on the Y Heritage project. Both deliver youth services with overlapping employability and wellbeing programs in the local area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LeicsCares
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCGR-uiNaGxYrQp9kOYmisCQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leicestershire-cares-ltd
• Instagraminstagram.com/leicscares
• TikToktiktok.com/@leicestershirecares

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