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The new £3.4 million Getting Ahead programme aims to engage, prepare and motivate care leavers and young offenders between the ages of 16 and 18 who are not in education, employment or training into undertaking a six month paid supported work placement. The aim is to enhance their chances of progressing into sustainable employment or further learning or training by increasing their employability skills.

A glowing example for young people set to benefit from this programme is 17 year old Christopher Storer from Cardiff who has reaped the rewards of attending a similar project which has also been part funded by the Big Lottery Fund.

Growing up with considerable problems in the household, 17 year old Chris Storer had a chaotic childhood and spent his early teens skipping school and hanging out on the streets of Cardiff until he was placed in Local Authority Care. With nothing to do and no hopes, drive, dreams or aspirations for the future- he was fast heading down a slippery slope to nowhere.

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