Student stories
Many of the young people we support are enrolled onto our programmes because they lack confidence and self-belief or have faced adversity and life challenges which have led to them losing sight of what they are truly capable of.The stories below offer a window into the lives of some of the many thousands of young people whose futures have been shaped by the work of the Jon Egging Trust. Some names have been changed to protect anonymity.
Zara aged 13
Zara is a young carer; her mother won’t leave the flat they live in and Zara’s stepfather is blind. Zara was selected by her school to join the Blue...
Tom Aged 12
Tom is 12 and cares for his mum. As the main carer, he is also responsible for his mum’s personal hygiene care in addition to cooking and cleaning,...
Sarah aged 15
Sarah joined the Blue Skies programme when she was in Year 9 because she had developed severe anxiety and lacked confidence. In school, this was...
Nathan Aged 15
"When I first started school my outlook on life was that school didn’t really matter. My grades went down until something came along that made me...
Lee age 15 Hampshire
Lee* was a student on our three-year Blue Skies programmes in Hampshire. His headteacher tells us how the support he has received from JET has...
Sarah Aged 14
Holyhead (or Caergybi in Welsh) on the Isle of Anglesey has numerous areas of multiple deprivation, with some of the lowest levels of employment,...
Charlie Aged 15
Blue Skies Level 3 student. Teacher’s testimonial "Charlie was virtually mute in year 7, we can’t believe the difference in him or that he has...