Kate Somerville is committed to supporting children in care and young care leavers, providing advice, coaching and support to help make their
DREAMS POSSIBLE.
DREAMS POSSIBLE.
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OUR COMMITMENT
Kate Somerville is committed to supporting children in care and young care leavers, providing advice, coaching and support to help make their
DREAMS POSSIBLE.
DREAMS POSSIBLE.
OUR COMMITMENT
£25K
Pledged Annually
We are proud to pledge £25,000 in our parnership with Become.
130
Supported children
Help Become provide advice, coaching and support to 130 children in care and young care leavers in the UK.
3
Scholarships
In partnership with the London College of Beauty Therapy in 2022, we will help support beauty training and professional beauty career paths for care experienced young people.
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We are also committed to raising awareness of care experienced individuals journeys, championing their needs and celebrating their successes.
THE REALITIES OF CARE
- Since 2009, the number of children in care has increased by 31%
- There are currently more than 80,000 children and young people in care
- Children in care are most of those cases, over 50,000 are in care because of abuse or neglect
- 1 in 10 children experience three or more placements within a year
KATE’S JOURNEY: DEFYING IMPOSSIBLE
Our founder Kate’s lifelong journey is one of defying expectations, never giving up, and never accepting impossible. Having grown up in a family of addiction, she knows first-hand the adversity and chaos it creates in a person’s life, how it can break up families, and deeply affect young adults trying to find their way in the world. In college, Kate found a mentor who offered her unconditional support and empowered her to believe in herself and her dreams. Kate understands the power of having a helping hand and is committed to supporting care leavers as they age out of the system, providing advice, coaching, and support to help make their dreams possible.
Meet PIP:
From Impossible To I’m Possible
TRUSTEE, BECOME
Pip Uden was 12 when her mum died and she and her younger brother were taken into the care of extended relatives, in an arrangement often known as kinship care. Not long after, her father passed away.
Despite the challenges, Pip excelled at her exams at school and college before going on to achieve a first-class degree in English and Drama at the University of Exeter. It was at university that Pip became an advocate for care-experienced students. Pip’s commitment to justice led her to win several awards from the organisation social mobility charity ‘upReach’ and join the Board of Trustees at Become. More recently, Pip has accepted a place in Unilever’s Future Leaders Programme.
Pip is thrilled that Become are partnering with Kate Somerville in engaging and supporting care-experienced young people to pursue and achieve their dreams. She knows first-hand that systemic issues can disadvantage care-experienced young people, when they have just as much as potential as anyone else. Pip is hopeful that more care-experienced young people will feel seen, heard and supported through this partnership.
