ECHELON 8 C.I.C.Community interest company
Turningpotentialintoprogress.
Potential is everywhere. Opportunity isn't.
ECHELON 8 is a community interest company building practical pathways for young people and emerging adults, into education, employment, enterprise and creative work.
No forms to fill in. Questions go to one email address.
Start here
Find your way in
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Young people
See what FUTUR8 involves
Projects, real-world contact and a plan for your next step. Applications are not open yet.
Read about FUTUR8
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Parents and carers
Ask us anything
Find out what the programme is and who runs it. How to take part will be published when it is confirmed.
Email us a question
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Schools and colleges
Link learners to practical progression
Tell us what your learners need and how we could work together. We cannot take referrals yet.
See ways to work with us
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Employers and practitioners
Share what you know
Offer insight, feedback or a conversation about your field, where it fits what young people are making.
See ways to work with us
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Funders and partners
Explore working together
Talk to us about shared aims, delivery or support. We will tell you plainly where things stand.
See ways to work with us
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Current programme
FUTUR8: Next Steps
A practical progression programme from ECHELON 8, for young people in Croydon preparing for what comes after school or college.
It focuses on post-16 transitions, employability and progression: exploring what could come next, building something real, and leaving with evidence of what you can do and a plan for what follows.
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At a glance
- Where
- Croydon
- Focus
- Post-16 transitions, employability and progression
- How
- Six connected stages:
- Explore
- Choose
- Build
- Test & develop
- Showcase
- Progress
- Status
- Funded · Preparing for delivery. Applications and referrals are not open yet, and nothing here promises a place.
Funding acknowledgement
FUTUR8: Next Steps is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.
How we work
Practical, not promised
Potential is everywhere. Access to opportunity depends on where you start, who you know and what support is around you. We build practical routes that change that.
Learn by doing
Real projects and challenges, so skills become something you can show.
Meet the real world
Contact with employers, practitioners and sectors, where it can be arranged.
Leave with a next step
Evidence of what you can do, and a plan for what comes after.
Where it can lead
Education / employment / enterprise / creative work
Get in touch
Not sure where you fit? Ask us.
One email address, read by a person. There is no form and no mailing list.