Become

Who we are

We’re the national charity that’s here to support every child and young person with experience of the care system.

They tell us what’s not working. Together, we fight to make change happen.

The system is failing young people right now:

• Around 84,000 children in England live in care.
• 7 in 10 children experience a change in where they live, where they go to school, or who their social worker is each year.
• 1 in 3 care-experienced young people become homeless within 2 years of leaving care.

Care-experienced young people should have the same chances as everyone else to live happy, fulfilled lives. But today, that’s far from the reality. The care system is in crisis and there are more children in care than ever before. They aren’t getting the love, support and stability that all young people need.

It’s not good enough.

We’re in a strong position to respond and it’s an exciting moment to be joining us. We’ve grown in recent years and have clear plans for the future.

Our culture and values

At Become we strive to embed our core values into all aspects of our work:

• Together… we are inclusive, and we look out for each other. We work with young people, with supporters, with partners to bring about change.
• Empowering… we empower young people and make sure their voices are at the heart of everything we do.
• Determined… we believe care can be so much better and we are determined to make that happen.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We know that Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is key to achieving our mission. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to achieve their full potential.

Our EDI vision is the guiding force for how we approach EDI at Become:

'Become seeks to challenge and disrupt the power systems and structures that marginalise care-experienced children and young people. Become's work is led and shaped by care-experienced people from diverse backgrounds and communities, with care-experienced young people at the heart of all its decision-making. Become is relentless in creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels they are valued and belong, and in breaking down barriers that stand in the way of equity, diversity and inclusion.'

As an organisation serving children in care and young care leavers we are keen to receive applications from people with lived experience of care. We are actively seeking to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially-minoritised communities.  We ask all applicants to fill in an Equity and Diversity Monitoring from to better understand the diversity of applicants.  This is anonymous and will not be connected with your application.