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Charities, third sector and trade associations

Connect potential with opportunity. Evidence the impact.

Help the people you support recognise their skills and find opportunities to move forward. Track their destinations and use a shared skills language to connect individuals, support teams and employers.

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The organisation reporting dashboard with profile, evidence and application numbers
Why Startingpoint

Support individual progress. Understand the bigger picture.

Connect people with opportunities

Help the people you support demonstrate their strengths and explore jobs, apprenticeships and work experience where they can put their skills to use.

Track destinations and demonstrate impact

Understand where people go next, from education and training to employment. Use destination data to show the outcomes of your support and inform future programmes.

Inform workforce planning

Build a clearer picture of skills across your community or membership. Identify gaps and work with employers and training providers to support future workforce needs.

Bring everyone together with a common skills language

Give individuals, mentors, training providers and employers a shared way to describe and recognise skills. Make it easier to connect people’s strengths with the opportunities available.

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How it works

A supported journey, step by step

  1. Organisation setup

    Step 1: Set up your organisation

    We create your account and help your team get started.

  2. Inviting young people

    Step 2: Invite young people

    Invite the people you support to create their own profiles.

  3. The opportunities a career seeker is open to and their skills, each with a count of evidence

    Step 3: Collect evidence together

    Record achievements from sessions, volunteering and everyday life.

  4. Per-learner progress: evidence uploaded, applications, passport, messages and logins

    Step 4: Track progress

    See progress over time across the people you support.

Staff and mentor view

See who is moving forward and who needs support

A clear view of evidence, skills and next steps for everyone on your programme.

  • Review evidence added by young people
  • Encourage next steps with mentor support
  • See progress across your programme
The organisation reporting dashboard with profile, evidence and application numbers
Who it is for

Built for programmes like yours

Startingpoint supports organisations working with young people outside formal education.

  • Employment programmes

    Help young people out of work build confidence and evidence for applications.

  • Volunteering schemes

    Turn volunteering hours into recognised, evidenced skills.

  • Sport and community

    Show the teamwork and commitment behind every session.

  • Mentoring and advice

    Give mentors a shared record of progress to build on.

Safeguarded by design

Messaging is moderated, and safeguarding is designed into the platform. Confirm the arrangements for over-18 accounts and organisation-supported users before launch.

Read the Safeguarding Policy (PDF)
FAQs

Questions, answered

Something else on your mind? Get in touch and we will reply as soon as we can.

The organisation setup is designed for programmes outside formal education, with staff and mentor tools to match.

Support the young people you work with

Book a demo and we will show you how organisations use Startingpoint.