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Dudley: ‘Dear Social Worker’ poster highlighting what children want from the relationship

Young people created a poster about what they wanted from their social workers, and how they can develop positive and meaningful relationships.

Published 14 May 2025

Listening and engaging with care-experienced individuals: A good practice guide for the Local Government Association

A co-produced practice guide supporting those who work with care-experienced young people in consultations, training or other forms of engagement.

Published 14 May 2025

Amplify Awards 2024: Peterborough Children in Care Council and Young Inspectors

Peterborough's Children in Care Council worked with the Young Inspectors group to arrange focus groups with staff and created a survey for other care-experienced children to provide feedback on the Promise.

Published 22 April 2025

Amplify Awards 2024: North Yorkshire Care Champions – My First Night Project

North Yorkshire Care Champions wanted to find ways to help new looked after children feel more settled on their first night in care.

Published 11 April 2025

Amplify Awards 2024: Sunderland Change Council – Care-experienced cook book

Sunderland's Change Council created a 'care-experienced cook book' to help young people improve their cooking skills and learn kitchen techniques

Published 11 April 2025

Stigma and Disability – care leavers’ views

A video exploring care leaver’s responses to the Bright Spots Your Life Beyond Care survey. More specifically, what are their views and experiences in relation to stigma and disability?

Published 2 April 2025

Stable Homes, Built on Love: Participation workers

A session for workers who support participation and engagement within children’s social care to share what is working well and what the barriers are to good participation and engagement.

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice

Stable Homes, Built on Love: Staying connected to family and friends, brothers and sisters

This consultation session with young people looked at the proposals outlined in ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ about building strong and loving relationships

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice

Stable Homes, Built on Love: Social Worker training

This consultation session with young people looked at the Children’s Social Care Early Career. The policy team were interested in looking at some of the outcomes within the Early Career Framework, how these would feel to children and young people and how other people would know that something had happened.

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice

Stable Homes, Built on Love: experiences of residential care

What do young people with experience of residential care think about proposals outlined in ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ and what would they like from staff and leaders within residential care?

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice