Our Strategy

For too long Foyers have been the unsung heroes of the youth supported housing sector, achieving huge impact in the lives of young people with very little resource, investment or acknowledgement. As governments have changed, funding pulled from local authorities and housing associations merged, Foyers have either been closed, underfunded or over relied on to provide reactive services dealing with failures in the wider system. As a result there has been a sense amongst some parts of the sector that Foyers are a thing of the past or an unaffordable luxury service for young people.

However, the time has come to debunk those myths and turn up the dial to ensure Foyers are nurtured as an option for any young person who can’t live at home. An opportunity to be part of a safe, thriving community where they can realise their power and purpose.

We are currently in a preparation year to launch a new strategic plan in 2025 with a vision for 2030 that matches the needs of our network and young people who can’t live at home. We’ve done a lot of listening and drawing alongside our partners, peers, friends and people we support to ensure we our realistic whilst ambitious, supportive whilst challenging and trustworthy whilst being inspirational.

In the new year we will share our shared vision for the future and the outline of our plans here and across our other platforms so stay in touch!

Thank you to everyone who has given their time to help refresh our vision and strategy. It’s been wonderful to have so many people who care so much about the Foyer Federation come together to shape our shared future and create our strategy for 2025-2030.