Empowering young people for a brighter future.
Our mission
We believe every young person has the potential to build a positive future, achieve their ambitions and thrive in adult life.
At The Share Foundation, or ‘Sharefound’ for short, we help make this possible through financial resources, financial education, life skills and opportunities that help to build confidence and encourage a positive outlook for the future.
We support young people in care through administering the Department for Education’s long-term savings schemes and we also provide free and incentivised life skills programmes.
In addition to our work for young people in care, The Share Foundation support young people aged 16+ across the UK to reconnect with their ‘lost’ Child Trust Funds.
Long-term savings accounts for young people
We manage the Government’s Junior ISA and Child Trust Fund schemes for eligible young people in care across the UK. These long-term savings accounts give young people a financial asset for adulthood, helping them start the next chapter of life with greater opportunity and independence.
We also help all young people to find their Child Trust Funds generally as part of the nationwide Child Trust Fund recovery.
Contributions
We work to grow young people’s savings through individual contributions, larger partnership bulk contributions and fundraising. Every contribution helps build a more meaningful financial foundation for the future, creating opportunities and support for young people as they prepare for adult life.
Life skills
Our life skills programmes help young people build confidence, financial understanding and future aspirations alongside their savings.
Stepladder Plus supports financial education while Stepping Forward: Performing Arts for Life uses the arts to develop confidence, creativity and transferable life skills. Together, they help young people prepare for the future in practical and inspiring ways.
“I highly value the professionalism, clear communication, and comprehensive information provided by The Share Foundation. These qualities enable me to carry out my role effectively and ensure that looked after children and young people in Essex receive the support and opportunities they deserve.”
— Charlotte Lau, Essex County Council.
For everyone else
Child Trust Fund recovery
Millions of young people born in the UK between 1st September 2002 and 2nd January 2011 have a Child Trust Fund - but many do not know it exists. Our CTF Recovery campaign helps young people find and claim their accounts, ensuring they can access the money set aside for them.
Fundraising
Fundraising helps us do more. Donations and partnerships support our work to grow young people’s savings, expand life skills opportunities and create lasting impact for children and young people in care across the UK.
Stepping Forward : Explore
Stepping Forward: Explore opens the world of the performing arts to more young people through a public-facing experience for individuals, schools and youth organisations designed to inspire creativity, confidence and self-expression.
Make a difference today
Donate* to The Share Foundation. Help us help young people to build a brighter future.
*This is a general donation to the charity, not to young people’s savings accounts.