Your Journey.
Your Independence.
Your Future.
CareLeap helps young people in care build the skills, confidence and financial capability they need for greater independence.
From everyday goals and life skills to meaningful conversations, achievements and financial responsibility, CareLeap brings the independence journey together in one place.
Good morning
Maya
My independence
74%
My goals
3 activeAchievements
12
Cooking Champion
Rewards
240 pts
Towards cinema trip
Wishes & feelings
How are you feeling today?
My diary
Thu · Family time
My money
Budget learning
Designed for the journey towards independence.
Preparing young people for independence is a journey.
Young people in care are expected to develop the skills and confidence they need for adulthood, but those skills are often recorded across different systems, conversations, paper records and day-to-day activities.
CareLeap brings the journey together.
Goals
Turn everyday development into clear, achievable goals.
Conversations
Create opportunities for meaningful conversations between young people and the staff supporting them.
Evidence
Capture progress, observations, achievements and evidence as independence develops.
CareLeap isn't just about money.
Money is an important part of independence, but it is not where the journey starts.
CareLeap focuses first on helping young people develop the skills, confidence and understanding they need to become more independent.
The app is designed to work with care staff, not replace them.
Technology starts the conversation. Staff build the relationship. The young person develops the capability.
One journey. One platform.
Goals → Conversation → Staff Support → Practice → Evidence → Confidence → Greater Independence → Financial Capability → Greater Financial Responsibility.
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Goals
The young person chooses what they want or need to develop.
- 02
Conversation
Goals create a starting point for meaningful conversations.
- 03
Staff Support
Staff help turn goals into practical activities.
- 04
Practice
The young person practises real-life skills.
- 05
Evidence
Progress and observations are recorded.
- 06
Confidence
Positive progress is recognised and confidence grows.
- 07
Greater Independence
The young person develops greater capability and ownership.
- 08
Financial Capability
Money skills develop as part of preparing for adulthood.
- 09
Greater Financial Responsibility
Where appropriate, the young person can progress with safeguards and partner-delivered financial services.
Everything needed to support the independence journey.
My Independence
Track practical life skills and independence development over time.
Goals
Create clear, personalised goals that the young person can work towards.
Weekly Incentives
Create personalised weekly tasks and recognise positive progress.
Achievements
Celebrate milestones with meaningful achievements and badges.
Rewards
Connect achievements and positive progress with agreed rewards.
Wishes & Feelings
Give young people a simple way to share what they think, how they feel and what they need.
Diary
Keep important meetings, appointments, family time and events organised in one place.
Staff Support
Staff can record observations, evidence and support provided throughout the journey.
Manager Dashboard
Managers can see progress, activity, financial information and audit trails.
Partner Rewards
Turn achievements into a CareLeap Rewards Balance and choose approved rewards from vetted Partner Brands — or save for something bigger.
Financial Capability
Help young people develop understanding and responsibility around money.
CareLeap Card
Where available, a regulated partner can provide a physical card for permitted spending and withdrawals within Local Authority controls.
Financial independence is part of the journey — not the starting point. Where available, savings and physical-card services are delivered by a regulated financial-services partner.
Your money. Your choice.
Where the Local Authority makes financial services available, a young person can choose savings only, a physical card only, or both. The wider app works without an account.
- Protected goal-based savings
- Balance visibility
- Transaction history
- Spending controls
- Financial education
- Manager oversight where appropriately authorised
- Local Authority approval for savings release
- Safeguarding controls
Account and card services are provided by a regulated financial-services partner where applicable, subject to Local Authority controls, eligibility and programme arrangements. CareLeap is not a bank.
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Cardholder
MM
Illustrative concept
Oversight built for the people accountable for it.
Progress, activity, achievements, reporting and appropriate financial information — with audit trails and role-based access.
CareLeap · Manager Dashboard · Willow House
Young People
12
Goals
36 Active
Independence Progress
74%
Achievements
48
Tasks Completed
91%
Financial Activity
£1,240
Independence progress
Rolling 7 months · all young people
Activity breakdown
The need for better independence support is real.
CareLeap is designed to support the journey from care towards greater independence.
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Children looked after in England
31 March 2025
Source: Department for Education, Children looked after in England including adoption: 2024 to 2025 (GOV.UK).
Ready to see the independence journey in action?
Book a walkthrough of CareLeap, or register your interest in the pilot programme.