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Sellafield and partners raise £162,500 for care-experienced young people

Sellafield Ltd and its supply chain partners have raised £162,500 for Cumberland Council's Enrichment Fund, managed by Cumbria Youth Alliance, securing more…

--- The context --- In Cumberland, young people who have been through the care system step into adult life with a thinner support network than most. For them, a professional course, the right clothing for an interview or an activity that rebuilds confidence can be the difference between being left behind and moving forward. --- The facts --- Sellafield Ltd and its supply chain partners have raised £162,500 for Cumberland Council's Enrichment Fund, a fund managed by Cumbria Youth Alliance and aimed at care-experienced young people aged 16 and over. The fund supports wellbeing, education, training and employment. Young people can use it to pay for professional courses, work-related costs such as clothing for interviews, gym memberships and creative activities, according to the information provided about the initiative. The Programme and Project Partners contributed £50,000. They are KBR, Amentum, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and Altrad Babcock, and Sellafield Ltd matched the donation. Further funding came from other supply chain partners, including Alpha Engineering Ltd, Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick, Careys, DSD Construction, NG Bailey, Sir Robert McAlpine, William Hare Ltd and William King Construction. --- The positions --- Steve Harnwell, Sellafield Ltd's interim projects director, was reported as saying that every young person deserves the chance to achieve their potential whatever challenges they have faced, and he linked the drive to the stories heard at last year's Rising As Me event. He also stressed that raising enough for more than three years of support shows what happens when organisations work together behind a shared purpose. Emma Williamson, Deputy Leader of Cumberland Council and Executive Member for Children and Family Wellbeing and Housing, was reported as saying that the right support at the right time makes a daily difference, and she thanked Sellafield Ltd, the programme partners and the supply chain for their generosity. In her view, the initiative is about more than funding because it shows young people that their ambitions matter and that their community believes in them. --- What remains unknown --- The announcement does not say how many young people will receive support in each year or how applications will be prioritised if demand exceeds the resources available. It also does not specify how the £162,500 will be split between courses, interview costs, gym memberships and creative activities. --- Unanswered questions --- How many care-experienced young people will be able to use the fund during the more than three years of support now secured? What criteria will Cumbria Youth Alliance apply when allocating help across wellbeing, education, training and employment? Will results be published showing whether beneficiaries go on to sustained training or employment afterwards? --- EPM analysis --- The campaign grew out of last year's Rising As Me event, hosted by Cumberland Council and Cumbria Youth Alliance, where care-experienced young people shared their experiences and spoke about the difference targeted support can make. After that event, the programme partners committed to funding one year of the Enrichment Fund, a target the total raised has now exceeded, securing more than three years of support. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, what gives this fundraising its weight is not only the £162,500 total but the sequence behind it: young people were heard first, and that listening became years of practical support. When inclusion means courses, interviews and confidence, it stops being a slogan and becomes a real chance for those starting out with less family and social backing behind them, and that sustained backing can change whole trajectories across several consecutive years of learning and work.
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