Second Corner is a project run by Empath CIC, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company based in Lambeth. We are not an employer and not a labour agency — we work as an intermediary between young people, vetted workplaces and the adults already supporting them.

https://empath.org.uk/

https://secondcorner.co.uk/

We reach out to and vet every workplace before a young person sets foot in it — checking safeguarding, insurance, supervision and the legal limits for their age.

We safely monitor work while it takes place, with weekly check-ins with the young person, the workplace and the guardian.

We provide task-specific training before each placement, delivered either by Empath or by the workplace, so the young person is set up to do the work safely.

Every young person has a named mentor. If they came through a partner — a boxing gym, youth org or mentorship charity — that mentor stays with them. If they came on their own, an Empath mentor is assigned.