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Easing the transition to leaving care for young people on the Isle of Wight
Through the early introduction of Personal Advisers, young people are being better support to face the challenges of leaving care.
Personalised health budgets for care leavers in East Sussex using social prescribing model
Additional support for care leavers to improve health outcomes based on what young people identify as important to them.
Opportunity Broker role to help young people fulfil their aspirations and dreams
Opportunity Brokers work with Personal Advisors in North Yorkshire to create bespoke opportunities that help motivate and inspire care leavers to fulfill their aspirations and dreams.
How Oldham set up a support group for young parents whose children have been adopted – New Belongings Programme
Oldham set up an 8-week programme to support young women whose children had been adopted or placed away from them.
Integrating Bright Spots into Community Parenting Strategy
Sheffield have used their recent Bright Spots findings to structure their new Community Parenting Strategy. This means that what matters to children and young people in and leaving care is at the very centre of what they do as corporate parents.
Engaging young people in the future of Somerset’s children’s homes
Somerset in Care and Somerset Leaving Care Councils won first place in our Collaboration category in the A National Voice awards 2023 for a project engaging young people in planning the future of the county's residential children's homes.
Street Sessions: building the skills and confidence of care leavers in North Yorkshire – New Belongings Programme
North Yorkshire ran a 10-week course for care leavers which helped them improve their self-esteem and practical skills.
Engaging non-verbal children in West Sussex
West Sussex supported a disabled young person to answer questions from the Your Life, Your care survey, by adapting questions into picture cards.
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Achieving 80% response rate in the Bright Spots Your Life Beyond Care survey
A presentation from Isle of Wight Council about the effective strategy they used to hear from as many of their young people as possible.
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Increasing children and young people’s involvement in the Bright Spots surveys
A presentation from Hertfordshire County Council about their project management approach to running the Bright Spots children in care survey.