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Just Do It: An event for young people in Sheffield to have fun and do activities
Young people wanted more chances to have fun and make friends. Sheffield set up ‘Just Do It’, an event to showcase local organisations and ways to get involved in fun things.
The importance of pets for care leavers in Stockport
Almost half of care leavers in Stockport own a pet; a relationship which provides them with love, companionship and emotional support.
Sheffield: Care-experienced Voice and Influence workers to support coproduction
Sheffield created new paid roles for care-experienced young people to run training sessions with social workers and develop guidance packs for Health colleagues.
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.
A card game to help professionals engage with what matters most to children in care
Hull's 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.
Creating videos to share your experience of care with adults – Amplify Awards 2024
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.