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

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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

Published 8 March 2022

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

Published 23 February 2022

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

Published 23 February 2022

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?

Published 1 February 2022

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.

Published 11 January 2022

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.

Published 12 December 2021 By Anita Chandra, Sarah Taylor, Sam Shorto, Vanessa Patel, Lizzie Gilbert, Coram Impact and Evaluation Team

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?"

Published 11 October 2021

Why social workers need to show children they care

2021 Community Care article by Lauren Parker about her experience with social workers.

Published 4 October 2021 By Lauren Parker

“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.

Published 4 October 2021 By Linda Briheim-Crookall

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.

Published 11 July 2021