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From Surviving to Thriving: The seven drivers of well-being for children in care and care leavers
Key findings and recommendations from Coram Voice's Bright Spots programme
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The story of the New Belongings Programme
Discover how the New Belongings Programme supported local authorities to co-produce changes to their services based on what their young people said was important.
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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.
Reverse scrutiny: Empowering young voices
Hull wanted to move beyond traditional consultation and give care-experienced young people real influence over the services they use by setting up a reverse scrutiny panel.
Using young people’s voices to shape leaving care services
Stockport wanted to place young people’s voices at the centre of service design and ensure that their experiences directly influence improvements to leaving care support.
Removing practical barriers to using the Setting Up Home Allowance
Barnsley supported young people to access their Setting Up Home Allowance by introducing practical solutions like cash access, affordable furnishings and support with flooring costs.
Well-being walks to build connections between young people and professionals
Hull's care leavers organised a walk with local authority staff to help young people feel part of a community and reduce a feeling of loneliness and isolation.
Ask Me What Matters – ensuring services are shaped by care-experienced voices
Ask Me What Matters ensures children and young people’s voices are gathered regularly, recognised, and used to shape the support they receive, ensuring services truly respond to what matters most to children in care and care leavers.
Stay and Grow: a training flat to prepare young people for independence
A 12-month training programme helping young people practice real-life skills like paying bills, budgeting, cooking, cleaning and managing a tenancy.
You’re Hired Toolkit helping employers to better understand care experience
Young people in Sheffield helped develop a toolkit encouraging businesses to adopt a more accepting and thoughtful approach to hiring care-experienced young people.