Amplify 2023 and Voices 2024 are both highlighted in The Alliance for Looked After Children & Care Leavers’ calendar of events taking place during or around National Care Leavers’ Week (25th October-1st November 2023).
Amplify aims to bring care-experienced children and young people together from across the country to consult, network, celebrate and more! A National Voice ambassadors help to run and co-host the day.
Voices is a creative writing competition for care-experienced children and young people aged up to 25 years, to express and celebrate creativity and tell their stories.
The Alliance have come up with a theme for the National Care Leavers’ Week. They are calling on the public, professionals, carers, decision makes and the media to CARE:
Celebrate care leavers/ care-experienced individuals
Amplify their voices
Raise awareness of challenges
Encourage change in policy and practice
See the calendar of all events taking place in and around National Care Leavers’ Week here.