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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.
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.
What Makes Life Good? Care leavers’ views on their well-being report
Children in care and care leavers told us how they feel about their lives and what they shared gives us an unprecedented insight into their subjective well-being.
I find myself at the ‘care-cliff’: is the system failing care leavers by abruptly ending support at 25?
2020 Community Care article by Care-Experienced Consultant Thuy Ly-Chambers on feeling “failed” by the care system after being “cut off and dismissed” during the pandemic upon turning 25.
Evaluation of Bright Spots Programme
This evaluation explored how local authorities have used findings from the Bright Spots surveys to improve the lives of the children they look after.
The stigma of being in care
2020 blog post by Shelly Reed, Participation Coordinator at Coram Voice, about her frustrations at the ‘tick box’ nature of the care system.
This week we’re clapping for leaving care personal advisers – Covid-19 pandemic
2020 Community Care article by Linda Briheim-Crookall about the important role personal advisers played during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Care leavers’ well-being during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Key Messages for Leaving Care Workers
As we respond to new circumstances it is important that we plan our services not only to keep our children and young people safe and supported, but to make their lives as positive as possible at this time.