INDEPENDENCE & JOBS

At ZOV, we care about the future of the children we work with and we are the only charity in the area which keeps supporting the children throughout their childhood and young adult life. We believe in the importance of preparing young people for a positive future, so giving them independence is one of our key aims.

We do this in a number of ways:

• Supporting and providing young people with paid work experience and employment through schemes and relationships with the local community. This also contributes to positively integrating them into their local community.
• Support to apply for and gain university places and ongoing support throughout university life.
• Education Club for approx 142 children with individual help from student mentors and professionals, helping children to pass school exams and motivate them to study and prevent them from leaving school prematurely.
• Specialist support provided at the homes for children with disabilities through a range of therapy, meaning some children no longer need the use of a wheelchair.
• Provision of grants for children to attend university who otherwise could not attend.
• Since 2016 nearly 100% of children who left the homes in which we work found jobs or continued on to further education. This compares to 20% prior to our work.
• 700 students have provided mentoring and consistent educational support children
• 42 children have found part time or full time employment with 100 receiving paid work experience as part of the Outreach work experience or qualification sessions.
• Since 2012 with ZOV’s support, over 90% of children who wanted to attend university have passed exams and secured a place.