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10,000 Voices: The views of children in care on their well-being report
This Bright Spots report analyses responses from children in care aged 4- 18 years to the Your Life Your Care survey between 2016 and 2021. The report gives an insight into children in care’s subjective wellbeing and what they feel makes their lives good.
Place and purpose: what matters to care leavers?
Dr. Claire Baker shares key findings from Bright Spots' Your Life Beyond Care survey
Staying Connected webinar
A webinar exploring the Bright Spots Staying Connected report on looked after children and young people’s feelings about contact and family time.
Staying Connected: the views of looked after children and young people on their contact arrangements
This Bright Spots report collects the views of looked after children and young people on their contact arrangements. The findings and recommendations outline challenges to and importance of children in care staying connected with their parents, siblings and other people who are important to them.
The Subjective Well-being of Children in Care of the State
A presentation delivered at the Well-being Research and Policy Conference focusing on national findings from the Bright Spots Programme.
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
Identity – Do care leavers understand why they were in care?
A video exploring care leavers' responses to the Bright Spots Your Life Beyond Care survey. More specifically, do they feel that someone has explained to them why they were in care?
Webinar: What matters to children in care and care leavers’ well-being?
This 2022 webinar from Research In Practice shares key learnings from the Bright Spots Programme so that professionals can better support children in care and care leavers.