The bridge from nowhere to work-ready.
A pre-employment and traineeship programme for 16–24s who aren't job-ready yet — work-readiness, confidence and life skills that move a learner from the starting line to a job, an apprenticeship or a course. Built for the ones the system usually loses.
Skills first. Then the job search.
You can't interview-prep someone into a job if they don't believe they belong in the room. Fledglings builds the foundation — confidence and life skills — before the CV, so the work-readiness actually sticks.
Meets them where they are
Low-stakes, interactive and built by young people — designed for learners who've switched off from classroom-style provision.
The whole toolkit
Employability, money and life skills in one place — everything a learner needs to walk into work ready, not just a CV.
Progress you can show
Engagement and distance-travelled tracked per learner — clean evidence of outcomes for your funder or employer partners.
A staged route to a real destination.
Each stage builds on the last, so learners feel momentum — and staff can see exactly where each person is on the journey.
Reconnect
Confidence and resilience content that rebuilds engagement and self-belief.
Work-ready
CVs, interviews, workplace communication and professional behaviour.
Life-ready
Budgeting, payslips and staying safe online — the basics of independent adult life.
Move on
A confident step into a job, an apprenticeship or further study — with evidence to match.
Four curricula behind the bridge.
Designed for the 16–24 demographic, written by people from it.
Confidence & Resilience
Emotional regulation, growth mindset, handling setbacks and everyday wellbeing.
Employability Skills
CVs, interview preparation, workplace communication, professional behaviour and progression.
Financial Literacy
Budgeting, payslips and tax, banking, credit, renting and money at work.
Online Safety
Digital footprint, privacy, scams and fraud, misinformation and safe online behaviour.
We build work-readiness and confidence — we complement your mentors, work placements and employer links, we don't replace them.
From first call to learners moving on.
Discovery
A 15-minute call to understand your cohort and the destinations you're working toward.
Free pilot
A free pilot with a defined group so you see it work with your own learners before any spend.
Rollout
Learners access the platform directly with single sign-on. Hosted by us — nothing to install.
Evidence
Distance-travelled and engagement data for your funder and employer-partner reporting.
Get them to the starting line.
15 minutes is enough to see the whole pre-employment route.
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