Next Step's philosophy:

To provide the means for a young person in care to move forward through adolescence into adulthood in a safe and supportive way.

We provide support accommodation and independence training for young care leavers of 15+, young offenders, unaccompanied minors, young parents and young adults with mental health, drugs and alcohol issues.

We work in line with Every Child Matters, the policy agenda of the Children Act 2004, in promoting its five key outcomes as part of a multi agency support network.

For Aims & Objectives, click here

Neil Emerson : Bristol's Manager

15 YEARS OLD!

We are now 15 years old!!

In 1994 we became the FIRST company to offer an alternative to residential accommodation by giving young people a real opportunity to excellent independant living.

We are now a nationwide organisation which over the years has offered support and accommodation to over 800 young people, mothers & babies and asylum seekers.

We still keep in contact with many of our young people who are now adults to see how successful they have become.

As an example - one of our young people now lives in Melbourne Australia and is a successful chiropractor. (See Testimonials)

Supporting Young People at Next Step

At Next Step Care Management we pride ourselves on helping and supporting young people in education and training placements. This builds self confidence and self esteem for the young people as well as giving them an insight into working life.

Pictured below are a group of young people Next Step supported in an educational placement for the Duke of Edinburgh award. The young people were involved in a 14 week woodlands course which involved tuition by the Forestry Commission learning all aspects of coppicing, and which, when finished, improved the woodland area for the community use.

The young people involved worked on a number of tasks from clearing overgrown areas to cutting away dead branches to allow new growth on trees, to building new fences in the surrounding area. They were taught to use a variety of tools in the course of their training, and, by the end, were able to use axes, scythes, saws and wood chisels with confidence, which, before the course, most had neither seen nor handled.

Although this was unpaid volunteer work, the young people in our care showed commitment through working both in hot sun and driving rain to complete the necessary work.

The conclusion of this supported training is that two of the young people supported by Next Step have now been accepted into college on a 3 year horticultural course to further their development in this field.

Everyone at Next Step wishes them well for the future in their chosen careers.

New Next Step Packages

Next Step is very pleased to announce that it can now offer shared accommodation support packages anywhere in the country.

Please contact your local Next Step area office to see if it is the right scheme for your needs.