Guidance pack for the Bright Spots Your Life, Your Care survey

Guidance and top tips to help you plan successfully for your Bright Spots survey:

Guidance and top tips for trusted adults who are supporting children and young people to answer the Your Life, Your Care survey:

Answers to some of the common questions and concerns from trusted adults who are supporting children and young people to answer the Your Life, Your Care survey:

Find out the best ways to deliver your Bright Spots survey to ensure that as many of your care-experienced children and young people as possible get to have their voice heard:

Discover the best ways to communicate and promote your Bright Spots survey. This includes who you should be communicating with, what you should be saying and how you should be sharing it:

Activity ideas with timeline for distribution of the Your Life, Your Care survey:

Checklist for survey distribution – YLYC (PDF 160KB)

Find out how to determine which looked after children should be in your survey sample:

YLYC – Sample definition (2026-27) (PDF 170KB)

A breakdown of the Bright Spots project stages. What does Coram Voice do at each stage? What does the local authority do at each stage? Find out here:

Bright Spots Programme – Project stages (PDF 270KB)

Read this guidance about adding an incentive to your Bright Spots survey for children and young people:

Prize draw guidance – Bright Spots surveys (PDF 190KB)

In your communications with children and young people about the Bright Spots surveys, it’s important to adapt your style appropriately for the age of your audience. Reference this top tips document:

Top tips to remember when writing for children and young people (PDF 180KB)