Future You is a FREE programme of events and activities for care-experienced young people.
With social events, campus visits and subject taster sessions, Future You is a great opportunity to discover what Higher Education could offer you. Booking is essential - to attend these events, sign up to the Future You programme.
Spring Term 2026
Study Skills & Revision workshop
Thursday 29th January 2026 4.00-6pm
Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, University of Cambridge, CB3 9DF: Super-boost your studying and revision techniques for GCSEs and beyond.
Medicine & Health Sciences Subject taster
Tuesday 17th February 2026 10-12.30pm
University of East Anglia, Norwich Get a taste for all things Healthcare and Medicine with this half day taster session at the UEA campus. Run by real lecturers and student ambassadors, you will get to see what studying Medicine and Health Sciences is really like and where it can take you. Lunch included.
Social Work Subject taster
Thursday 19th February 2026 Time TBC
University of Suffolk, Ipswich Find out why a career in social work is more than simply ‘helping people’ but a rewarding career that considers the big issues that effects people’s lives. This session will be relaxed and fun with pizza and snacks included.
Engineering Subject taster
March 2026 Date + time TBC
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge Try activities that show how engineers shape the world around us and see how creativity and problem-solving drive real engineering innovations.
SAVE THE DATE
Future You Summer celebration event Saturday June 27th 2026
Experience Uni Residential, UEA and Norwich University of the Arts 21-22nd July 2026
"It is wonderful to know that our young person's outcomes may be much more positive because events like these show her what's possible for her future." - Foster Carer
What is Future You?
Future You is a great opportunity to discover what Higher Education could offer you in the future. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t thought about college or university – everyone is welcome! Our FREE programme of activities includes social events, campus visits and subject taster sessions at East Anglia universities and Further Education colleges. Future You is supported by current university students who will help you out and answer questions about what university is really like. The activities give you the opportunity to explore different subjects and information and advice on progression pathways and student finance. As well as being informative, they are a great opportunity to have fun and make new friends.
Who is it for?
To take part in Future You you must be in Year 9 to Year 11 and be under local authority care or a care experienced person or have a social worker, or be an unaccompanied asylum seeker in Year 9 -Year 13 (or equivalent.)
When is it?
Sessions will run throughout the academic year, either in the school day, after school or at weekends and during the school holidays. Once you have signed up to the programme, we will keep in touch to let you know when new events are happening.
How much is it?
The activities and sessions are all completely FREE! We will also cover the cost of transport to attend an event.
Why should I sign up?
As well as being great fun, we hope that you will get to make some new friends and learn a few things along the way. You'll find out what it's like to be a student at university or college, and it will help you decide what you want to do in the future.
How to sign up:
You can sign up to the Future You programme online here. If you would prefer to sign up using a pdf or paper form, please download a form and return to neaco@admin.cam.ac.uk
How to contact us:
If you have any questions about the programme or need help with completing the application please contact Clare.Bradshaw@admin.cam.ac.uk
If you want to contact us about consent, data or safeguarding please contact Tom.Levinson@admin.cam.ac.uk (neaco Project Lead)
Future You has been developed in collaboration with Norfolk Virtual School, Suffolk Virtual School, Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough Virtual School and neaco university partner widening participation teams.