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East Riding: Understanding why you are in care using pathway planning

East Riding's pathway planning process involves asking young people, ‘Do you have any questions about why you became looked after?’.

Published 28 February 2025

Disability, disparity and demand report

Analysis of the numbers and experiences of children in care and care leavers with a disability or long-term health condition.

Published 2 October 2024 By Dr Claire Baker and Linda Briheim-Crookall

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

Published 8 March 2022

Your Life Beyond Care: disability and stigma

In this video Dr. Claire Baker shares key findings from the Bright Spots 'Your Life Beyond Care' survey, focusing on stigma and disability

Published 23 February 2022

Your Life Beyond Care: do care leavers understand why they were in care?

In this video Dr. Claire Baker shares key findings from the Bright Spots 'Your Life Beyond Care' survey about whether care leavers feel that someone has explained why they were in care

Published 23 February 2022

Promoting body positivity among children in care in Sheffield

Sheffield Children in Care Council organised a positive body image fashion show to encourage children to love themselves just the way they are.

Published 24 January 2022

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.

Published 12 November 2021 By Dr Shirley Lewis, Julie Selwyn and the Bright Spots team

Bright Spots insight paper: Understanding why you are in care 

‘Understanding why you are in care’ explains why this is important to children and young people and shares ideas and resources for how to support them.

Published 8 October 2019

Children and Young People’s Views on Being in Care: A Literature Review

Literature review which informed the development of the ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey.

Published 12 November 2015