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Wandsworth: Monthly well-being allowance for care leavers
Wandsworth worked alongside care leavers to trial a monthly well-being budget, which supports them to maintain hobbies and do fun activities.
Hull: A card game to help professionals engage with what matters most to children in care
Children in care created 'The cards you're dealt', a card game which is used by the Council to interview new social work candidates and in group supervisions.
Amplify Awards 2024: Wandsworth Black In Care Council – Workshops
A safe space for black care-experienced young men to come together, offer each other support with shared issues and to discuss aspirations for the future.
Amplify Awards 2024: Barnsley Care4Us Council – Performance piece to highlight youth voice
Young people created a performance piece to express their experience of care and to highlight to workers the importance of listening to youth voice on care-related matters.
Amplify Awards 2024: Bolton Voice4U Youth Voice Action Group – training session for foster carers
Young people developed a training session for foster carers that helps them to better support young people during house moves.
Amplify Awards 2024: Kent’s Children in Care Councils – ‘Listen Up!’ training video
Young people created a training video for professionals that focuses on the importance of listening to and hearing young people’s voices in planning.
Amplify Awards 2024: Barnet On Point Children in Care Council – Video project
Young people co-produced videos to share their experiences of care with adults, which was later recognised as a major positive in Barnet by Ofsted.
Amplify Awards 2024: Devon Stand Up, Speak Up – Initial health assessment project
Young Asylum Seekers worked with the Participation Team and NHS colleagues to co-produce a video that gives information and raises awareness about the 'Initial Health Assessment.'
Amplify Awards 2024: Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole – Voices through the storm
The Children in Care Council designed, developed and filmed a library of resources focused on mental health, to help other children in care.
Amplify Awards 2024: York’s I Still Matter Children in Care Council – Local Offer
York's Care Leaver Forum reviewed and improved the Local Offer which now has a more bespoke approach that better meets individual needs.