The Young Company aims to:
- provide an informal and supportive context for personal and social development in between school and home.
- develop young people’s ability to be agents in their own development and use their own imagination.
- provide a safe context for young people to take risks and responsibility and assert their independence.
- provide young people with opportunities to explore self and experiment with personal identity in a supportive setting.
- provide young people with opportunities to take responsibility in work-like contexts and develop a range of pre-vocational skills.
- encourage young people to participate more fully in their communities and consider the consequences of the roles they choose to play in the wider world.
- provide young people with opportunities to participate in performance and the creative processes.