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The long view: What do children tell us about being in care?
In this video Professor Julie Selwyn, Professor of Education and Adoption University of Oxford, discusses evidence and research which contain lessons for the care system
Your Life Beyond Care: disability and stigma
In this video Dr. Claire Baker shares key findings from the Bright Spots 'Your Life Beyond Care' survey, focusing on stigma and disability
Your Life Beyond Care: do care leavers understand why they were in care?
In this video Dr. Claire Baker shares key findings from the Bright Spots 'Your Life Beyond Care' survey about whether care leavers feel that someone has explained why they were in care
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on care leavers’ well-being
This report compare the ‘What Makes Life Good?’ pre-pandemic data to data from 2020 to 2021, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
An Evaluation of the Bright Spots Programme
This evaluation explores how local authorities had used the findings from the Bright Spots surveys to improve the lives of the children they look after.
Care Review: Focus on Stigma
In this video Josh MacAlister, chair of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care is joined by an expert panel, including Prof. Julie Selwyn from the Bright Spots team, to consider the question: “Does the stigma of care prevent care experienced people from having a fair chance to flourish?"
New Belongings Programme: Baseline evaluation report
An independent evaluation of the New Belongings Programme funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
What Makes Life Good: Recommendations for Reviewing the Care System
Drawing on the voices of children in care and care leavers, this paper sets out Coram Voice’s position on the framework that should be used for a review of the English care system and our recommendations.