Company Profile

Company Overview

Youth Futures Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation established in December 2019 to improve employment outcomes for young people from marginalised backgrounds. Youth Futures launched with an initial endowment of £90 million from the Dormant Assets Scheme and, in January 2022, the government announced that we had been allocated a further £20 million.


Our vision

To create a society where all young people have equitable access to good quality jobs.
This includes:
• equal employment outcomes for young people who face discrimination or disadvantage
• a reduced number of young people outside the labour market or in insecure work
• improved progression pathways for young people

Our mission

To narrow the employment gap by identifying what works and why, investing in evidence generation and innovation, and igniting new ideas that change behaviour and practice.


Our primary beneficiaries are young people aged 14-24 who face at least one personal or systemic barrier to progressing into meaningful work, including:

• ethnic minorities, particularly those most at risk of facing disparities in the labour market (e.g.
Pakistani; Bangladeshi; Black; Mixed; Gypsy, Roma and Traveller) And/or: young people legally defined as children in need
• young parents, or those who have a caring responsibility
• economic disadvantage (e.g. eligible for free school meals or living in an area of high deprivation)
• special educational needs or disabilities
• experience of offending
• school exclusion or alternative provision
• experience of homelessness
• a mental health or long-term health condition
• experience of problem substance use


Our values

• We are bold
• We want to disrupt the status quo and transform the youth-employment system
• We are always learning
• We are evidence-driven, we innovate and we aren’t afraid to fail
• We are inclusive
• We embrace, celebrate and champion diversity in all its forms – it’s core to who we are
• We are collaborative
• We build partnerships and share power to increase the collective impact
• We are determined
• We are relentless in our pursuit of a better future for all young people