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How 16- and 17-year-olds feel they should be supported
In this 2023 video, Linda Briheim-Crookall, Head of Policy and Practice at Coram Voice, shares findings from the Bright Spots Programme.
Keeping in Touch: looked after children and young people’s views on their contact arrangements
Professor Julie Selwyn and Shirley Lewis share important insights into children in care’s views on staying connected with family.
What is Bright Spots and what does it tell us about children in care?
Susanna Larsson discusses what we’ve learned from the Bright Spots Your Life, Your Care survey, and what this means for local authority practice.
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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.
The well-being of children in care and care leavers – learning from the Bright Spots Programme: Strategic Briefing
This strategic briefing provides an overview of the key messages from the Bright Spots Programme including key findings, practice examples and quotes from children and young people.
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