During the lockdown the Why Not? Trust community are inviting others to join them in walking a total of 1000 miles and raising money to support our work with young people. Young people leaving care settings often experience feelings of loneliness and isolation, as when they leave their home they also leave the relationships with people who looked after them. The Why Not? Trust works to support these young people, by recognising the power of the relationships they have with the adults who cared for them and maintaining these relationships where possible (see #RightToRelationships). We all need a little help becoming adults the Why Not? Trust is there to provide that.

The money raised will directly benefit our young adults with care experience by helping support them through any hardship arising from COVID-19 and go towards funding life enhancing opportunities for them once lockdown is over. We are already planning for a group of young people to travel to Greece to work in a project supporting refugees, and a leadership camp for young parents and their babies.