Funders and commissioners

Opportunity changes when young people can see their own agency.

RC Vision creates practical experiences in which young people can think critically, recognise their capabilities and connect them to wider interests, pathways and a changing future.

The need

Young people need experiences that restore possibility—not another message telling them to be resilient.

Too many young people face disconnection, unequal access to practical learning and uncertainty about their future. Those pressures do not mean they lack potential. They mean the conditions for curiosity, belonging, experimentation and confident next steps are unevenly distributed.

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Unequal access

Practical engineering, trusted mentors and visible pathways do not reach every young person equally.

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Hidden capability

Young people may be solving complex problems without recognising that thinking as valuable or transferable.

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Blocked possibility

Uncertainty becomes easier to navigate when young people can name their strengths and generate alternative routes.

Theory of change

Experience becomes agency.

The activity is deliberately paired with mentor-mediated reflection and future-facing career learning. This is what turns a memorable encounter into recognised capability and a more grounded personal narrative.

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Encounter

A compelling, accessible challenge creates a reason to participate.

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Practise

Young people use critical thinking and Engineering Habits of Mind in context.

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Reconnect

Reflection connects capability to identity, interests, education and careers.

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Act

Young people can identify next steps and alternative routes through change.

Designed for equity

Open access alone does not create equal access.

RC Vision works with schools, communities and partners to reach young people who are less likely to encounter engineering through existing networks. Delivery is designed around active participation, different starting points and the practical barriers that can exclude people from enrichment.

Targeted partnershipsInclusive facilitationSEND-aware adaptationBelonging and progression
What funding enables

Fund the conditions for meaningful change.

Support can unlock direct delivery and the infrastructure required to make that delivery equitable, sustained and measurable.

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Programme delivery

Equipment, skilled mentors and practical experiences in schools and communities.

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Sustained pathways

Repeat participation, progression and deeper relationships beyond a single encounter.

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Place-based expansion

Partnership development and local delivery where access and opportunity are most constrained.

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Learning and evaluation

Measurement, youth voice and programme improvement that strengthen future delivery.

Evaluated outcomes

Substantial near-term shifts in recognised capabilities and future readiness.

We report evaluated-cohort findings with their context and limitations. A workshop does not directly produce employment or social mobility; it contributes to capabilities, identity, connection and navigation.

0.62

Engineering ways of thinking

Effect size in an evaluated school cohort.

1.01

Career-management skills

Effect size in an evaluated Year 9 cohort.

0.77

Forces shaping future work

Effect size in an evaluated school cohort.

Read sample, measure and significance information on the Impact page.

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Delivery confidence

Ambition matched by practical discipline.

RC Vision combines school and community partnerships, safeguarding, risk management, specialist equipment and an evidence-led learning model. We build realistic delivery plans and use findings to improve—not simply to perform success.

Funding helps create the conditions in which young people can discover that the future is something they can shape.

Funding and commissioning

What change could we create together?

Tell us about the community, geography, intended outcomes, likely scale and timing. We will review the context and suggest the most useful next step.

Your next step

Turn evidence into opportunity.

Talk to us about commissioning, funding or scaling an inclusive programme with clear outcomes and practical delivery.