empowering YOUNG lives
to ACHIEVE
Bridging the Gap for Neurodiverse Young People
The SupaJam Foundation is a new charity created to support neurodiverse young people with social, emotional, and special educational needs helping them to remain in education, progress and thrive.
We do this in two ways:
1.Stopping the Cycle of Exclusion
By providing professional counselling to 16–25-year-olds, we address the social and emotional hurdles that lead to disengagement. Our goal is to catch young people before they fall out of the system and help those who already have to find their way back.
2.Supporting the "Great Leap" to University
Getting into Higher Education is a massive achievement for a neurodiverse young person but the transition can be overwhelming. Our mentors provide the consistent, trusted guidance needed to navigate this change, ensuring these students don't just start university—they thrive and graduate.
The uncomfortable reality
At the SupaJam Foundation, we don't just see students; we see individuals who have been underserved by a system not designed for them. The statistics highlight a urgent need for our specific type of support:
Higher Risk of Exclusion: Children with identified Special Educational Needs (SEN) are five times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than their peers.
A Growing Need: In 2025, over 1.7 million pupils in England were identified as having special educational needs—an increase of nearly 94,000 in just one year.
Barriers to Higher Education: While more disabled and neurodiverse students are applying to university, they are 33% more likely to defer entry than other students, often due to concerns about missing adjustments and support.
The Transition Gap: Students with mental health disabilities currently face some of the highest dropout rates in Higher Education, proving that getting into university is only half the battle—staying there requires ongoing support.
“Moving to uni will be a massive step for me. I never thought I’d be capable of this. Having a mentor will hugely help manage the big transition I’m facing.”
Daisy, mentee
