About Us

The Private Equity Foundation’s core mission is to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) so they can reach their full potential. We recognise that young people face a journey from birthplace to workplace with numerous obstacles preventing them reaching their full potential.  

To break the cycle of intergenerational worklessness, we need to support children and young people early on and throughout the critical school years. By offering a safety net of interventions throughout a young person’s life, we can provide the holistic support disadvantaged children need to thrive in life and work so they reach their full potential. PEF clusters its interventions into 4 key areas:

1.  EARLY INTERVENTION

A pivotal stage supporting children facing issues including weak literacy/numeracy, unstable home environment, inadequate parental support and poor mental and emotional well-being. Early intervention is crucial both at school and at home to keep these young people on the path of well-being and academic success.

2.  TEEN YEARS

Another crucial stage with concerns including behavioural problems, persistent truanting, inability to engage with the academic curriculum, low aspiration, limited role models and poor interpersonal skills. Maintaining engagement and preparing for adulthood through school, home and community life is paramount for this age group.

3.  SCHOOL TO WORK

The final hurdle for these young people to reach a stage of empowerment and self-sufficiency. It is in these critical years that behavioural problems, persistent truanting, inability to engage with academic curriculum, low aspiration and limited role models and poor interpersonal skills mean many young people fail to cross the bridge from school to work.  

4.  SUPPORT INTO SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT

For those who do slip through the net and do become NEET, support that helps them into sustainable employment as quickly as possible is the focus.