Cradle-to-career support for disadvantaged children in London

West London Zone (WLZ) is a partnership of government, schools and charities that aims to prevent underprivileged children and young people from slipping through the cracks by providing tailored support packages. They pool data from their partners and carry out their own research to identify children who are at risk of future unemployment, addiction, debt and crime. Through "Link Workers" placed in local schools, they design individualised support packages for each child and marshal the community’s resources to fulfil them. The financing model is a version of the social impact bond: the progress of each child is monitored and when certain milestones are hit, WLZ is paid by public and private backers.