25 Oct 22
In early 2022, A National Voice (ANV) asked children in care and care leavers to vote on which campaign they should focus on. Of those who responded, 42% choose ‘support our mental health & wellbeing.
This is focused on issues such as ‘Children and young people should be offered mental health and wellbeing support and professionals to understand our needs’. As a result, ANV have created an activity for children and young people to use with professionals and decision makers in their local area called ‘Support our Journey’.
In the ‘Support our Journey’ pack, ANV have worked to identify some of the ‘problems’ are in relation to children in care and care leavers mental health as well as the ‘solutions’ (in an ideal world what would support look and feel like). ANV have put them into statements to support conversations with professionals to think about their role in the ‘solutions’.
ANV invite children in care councils and care leaver forums to use the pack to explore mental health & wellbeing with professionals and decide upon local action and changes. ANV would love to hear from children in care councils about their priorities and how they have used the pack.