Young person
The person you already support
For organisations supporting young people
Understand what your people can do. Then help them go further.
You already have the people, programmes and opportunities. UShine adds a clear, evidence-backed view of what each person can contribute.
Explore a UShine Pilot No account or participant upload is needed to explore this page.Participant evidence
CV / documents30 questions
UShine Capability ProfileMaking complexity practical
Demonstrated capabilities
- Explaining difficult ideas
- Designing useful systems
- Building confidence in others
Evidence attached to every major claim
Your infrastructureSupport · Development · Opportunity
Our place in the journeyWe don’t replace the programmes you’ve built. We help the right people reach the right ones.
A circumstance is not an identity
“Not in” tells us where somebody is. It does not tell us what is inside them.
Too many young people become defined by what they are currently outside of. UShine starts somewhere different: evidence of what they can contribute.
Not being in employment, education or training never means a young person is useless, stupid, lazy, incapable or finished.
The missing layer
Discovery before direction.
A CV can show where somebody has been. Eligibility assessments can show what support they qualify for. Neither necessarily reveals the useful capability underneath.
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Work historyWhat roles have they held?
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Programme eligibilityWhat support can they access?
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Capability evidenceWhat can they actually contribute?
How UShine fits
One additional layer. A more informed journey.
UShine turns evidence or guided answers into a Capability Profile before development and opportunity decisions are made.
UShine Discovery
CV or document evidence, 30 guided questions, or both
Capability Profile
A clear account of contribution, capability and proof
Your support
Your coaching, development and specialist provision
Your opportunities
Your programmes, employers and referral network
Better-fit outcome
A more informed next move
For the participant
A clearer explanation of what they bring.
- An evidence-backed Capability Profile
- Language for abilities that job titles can hide
- A route from capability towards real problems and demand
For the organisation
Better information for the support you already provide.
- More focused coaching and development conversations
- Better-informed referrals and opportunity matching
- Clearer evidence to test progression and fit
Explore a UShine Pilot
Start small. Validate the value.
A first pilot should answer practical questions: Do participants recognise themselves in the profile? Does it improve coaching or referral decisions? Does it help people move towards better-fitting opportunities?
01 Participant recognition02 Practitioner usefulness03 Better-fit progression