Bright Spots Programme

The Bright Spots Programme is a research project that helps local authorities to use children and young people’s voices to inform service development and strategic thinking. The Bright Spots offer for local authorities consists of three main tools:

1. The Your Life, Your Care (YLYC) survey – for children in care aged 4-17 years

2. The Your Life Beyond Care (YLBC) survey – for care leavers aged 16-25 years

3. New Belongings Plus (includes YLBC survey) – a service improvement tool which involves more direct work with young people and key agencies to provide a platform for local authorities to improve their co-production. 

Find out more about Bright Spots, explore our resources, and see how you can get involved:

About the Bright Spots Programme

Learn about the origins of the Bright Spots Programme, what it is now and the research that supports its development.

The Bright Spots offer

Find out how the two Bright Spots surveys and New Belongings Plus can be used to support the work of your local authority.

Bright Spots Resource Bank

Explore our library of local authority best practice case studies, national reports and publications, videos of past peer-learning webinars and much more.

Contact the Bright Spots team

Find out how to get in touch and how to stay up-to-date with our news.

FAQs: Bright Spots Programme

Explore answers to some of the frequently asked questions regarding the two Bright Spots surveys and New Belongings Plus.