You can see their potential
You just don't know what
to support them towards yet.
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When a young person is heading to university, there is a well-established structure around the transition. There are applications, open days, finance, accommodation and a fairly clear sense of what happens next.
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When they choose a different route, much of that structure disappears.
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That can leave parents in a difficult position. You want to give them the freedom to work things out for themselves, while also wondering whether they are using this time well, exploring enough, or perhaps need a little more encouragement.
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The Pathmakers gives them somewhere to start.
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And underneath all of that is often a harder question: how do you support them without unintentionally taking over?
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The Pathmakers gives young people somewhere to begin.
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We help them explore possibilities, understand more about themselves and what they are capable of, and turn that thinking into something tangible they can begin to test in the real world.
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The aim isn’t to decide their future for them. It’s to help them become better equipped to shape it themselves.
A different route still deserves proper support
Your young person may be working, travelling, considering an apprenticeship, trying different things, building something of their own, or simply still working out what they want to explore.
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There may be no obvious timetable and no institution telling them what should happen next.
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That freedom can be valuable, but it also asks a lot of someone who is only just beginning to make independent decisions about their life.
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The Pathmakers provides some of the structure that can otherwise be missing.
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We give young people space to think, opportunities to explore, people to talk things through with and practical ways to turn uncertainty into useful information.
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Rather than expecting them to know the answer before they begin, we help them take small, meaningful steps and learn from what happens next.
This is about more than the next six months
The world they are entering is changing quickly.
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The nature of work is evolving, AI is reshaping roles and industries, and new ways of working, earning and building a career continue to emerge. The decisions they make at 18, 19 or 20 are unlikely to be the last decisions they make about their direction.
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That makes the ability to navigate change increasingly important.
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We want young people to learn how to explore an idea, recognise what matters to them, understand and use their strengths, make conscious choices and change direction when new information tells them something different.
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In other words, we want them to learn how to find their own path, again and again.
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Those are skills they can carry with them long after this particular stage of life has passed.
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You get one life.
We think it’s worth finding out what you can do with it.
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There is another reason this matters to us.
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When young people discover what they are capable of and find something they care enough about to put their energy into, the impact extends beyond them.
They bring their ideas, creativity, curiosity, care and contribution into the world around them.
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We want to help them discover more of that potential earlier.
How The Pathmakers can support your young person
Find Your Path
A self-paced programme for young people who would benefit from some structure while working things through independently.
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They’ll explore what matters to them, identify possibilities that could be worth investigating and turn their thinking into a practical next step.
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$67
Disclaimer: Our course is build in the Skool platform which charges in dollars. We are a UK run business.
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Find Your Path: Live Supported Cohort
For young people who would benefit from exploring alongside others rather than doing it entirely on their own.
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They work through Find Your Path with regular live check-ins, accountability and a small group of other young people who are also working out what comes next. Delivered through our Community and WhatsApp.
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RRP: £249
Enrol your young person to the October Cohort for just £149!
1:1 Pathmakers Support
For young people who would benefit from more individual support.
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Alongside Find Your Path, they receive four 1:1 sessions with Ruby or Joa to explore what may suit them, work through some of the things making decisions harder and turn their thinking into something they can begin to act on.
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The aim is not to give them an answer, but to help them develop greater clarity and confidence in how they make
their own choices.
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£395
Your role still matters
Supporting a young person to become more independent does not mean stepping away entirely.
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You can give them access to opportunities, encourage them to explore and remain interested in what they are learning about themselves without needing to determine where it should lead.
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The choices remain theirs.
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Your role is to be alongside them while they become more confident taking the reins themselves.
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If you need support during this transition, why not speak to Joa about private coaching to help you navigate this new path.