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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
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.
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on care leavers’ well-being
This report compares the ‘What Makes Life Good?’ pre-pandemic data, to data from 2020 to 2021, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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?"
Why social workers need to show children they care
2021 Community Care article by Lauren Parker about her experience with social workers.
“Time-poor, overstretched and changing too often” – children’s experiences of social workers.
2021 Community Care article by Linda Briheim-Crookall about children’s experiences of social workers.
10,000 voices webinar: Looked after children and young people’s views on their well-being
Webinar for Cascade providing an overview of the findings from the Your Life Your Care survey and what children in care said about their well-being.