NXT Ladder Up CIO · Registered charity 1215627
participation is only the first step.
We remove barriers to sport, the arts and education — then help young people turn those opportunities into something that lasts.
Breaking barriers.
Creating opportunties.
setting out pathways.
NXT Ladder Up exists to drive social mobility, to build cultural capital and wellbeing, and to support young people’s futures.
Circumstance shouldn’t decide which young people get to discover what they love and which don’t.
We open the door to experiences that help shape young people for the long term.
Sport · The Arts · Education
Three vehicles. One mission.
Access → Process → Success
The activity is the vehicle.
Our real work is helping young people move from access, through a structured developmental process, towards their own version of success.
01 · Access
Access →
Free and affordable experiences that get young people through the door.
We remove barriers to participation by creating and supporting opportunities in sport, the arts and education
02 · Process
Process →
Deliberate development through ‘CLIMB’.
Participation alongside our CLIMB model of personal development, become a platform for building confidence, responsibility, leadership, communication, and the human and practical skills young people need to progress into what comes next.
03 · Success
Success.
Opportunity that lasts beyond the programme.
Work experience, industry related training and qualifications, education, employment, entrepreneurship and further opportunities through Ladder Up and our network of partners, provide the best possible platform and support for each young persons ambitions.
We CLIMB together.
The activity gets young people involved.
CLIMB helps them move forward.
Delivered by Ladder Up, through funded projects, in schools, community facilities and alongside partner organisations.
C
Community
Contribute, connect and become part of something.
L
Leadership
Build the confidence to step up, support others and create.
Play a part in shaping others experiences and those around you.
I
Independence
Develop the standards, the confidence, and the practical and human skills needed to thrive and succeed in education, employment and a fast changing world.
M
Mindset
Resilient, determined and able to reflect and recognise personal progress.
Learn to believe in what is possible now and next.
B
Belonging
Know that you are valued, heard and that you have a part to play in your own and the Ladder UP community.
Belonging through contribution, achievement and recognition.
Some of our Projects in action
Each project opens a door, and through CLIMB is built with the personal development of the children and young people in mind.
Sport - Live - NXT
Fuss Free Football
Free, football for children aged 5–12, delivered by young people for young people.
Access - Process
The Arts - Live - Funded
Ladder Up Ballet
Free ballet sessions led by specialist instructors for early years through to KS1 primary aged children, widening access to an art form that can be hard to reach.
Access
Sport - Education - Coming Soon - Funded
EARN IT - Football, Education & Employability
A partnership project combining football, education and employability development for young people in their schools and community.
Access - Process - Success
Success looks different for everyone.
Our role is not to prescribe one destination. It is to help young people build the skills, confidence, relationships and opportunities that give them greater control and agency over what happens next.
Qualifications · work experience · Education
Leadership · Entrepreneurship · employment
Help us create the next opportunity.
Fund a project · Partner with us · Deliver with us · Volunteer · Support Ladder Up
We work with schools, charities, community organisations, employers, sports and arts organisations, funders, sponsors and local authorities.