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Health and social care

Local offer for care leavers

What we offer: important documents

We can support you to gain important documents and identification.

We offer:

  • 1 provisional driving licence
  • 1 birth certificate
  • to open a bank account

Your social worker will support you to apply for your National Insurance Number.

Pathway can support you with one passport or travel document.

Tips from care leavers

Your National Insurance Number is very important, and you will be required to produce evidence of it for employment or benefit payments.

Keep it safe.

Passports and driving licences are very expensive pathway provide one of each.

To open a bank account, you need to provide ID.

Keep all your documents; tenancy agreement, bills and letters in a safe place. Keep your ID documents safe.

Never give anyone your bank card or PIN.

Also see

Pathway Team

Howe Hill, 136 Acomb Road, York, YO24 4HA

Telephone: 01904 555389

Speak Up - York's Children's Rights and Advocacy Service (logo)

Speak Up is the name of York's children's rights and advocacy service, which promotes rights and entitlements, to facilitate participation opportunities for children and young people.

Visit the Speak UP website