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What helps local authorities hear young people’s voices through the Bright Spots surveys?
Susanna Larsson, Operations Manager for the Bright Spots Programme, discusses some of the learnings from an evaluation of the Bright Spots Programme that took place in 2021.
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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.
How 16- and 17-year-olds feel they should be supported
In this 2023 video, Linda Briheim-Crookall, Head of Policy and Practice at Coram Voice, shares findings from the Bright Spots Programme.
Keeping in Touch: looked after children and young people’s views on their contact arrangements
Professor Julie Selwyn and Shirley Lewis share important insights into children in care’s views on staying connected with family.
Bringing Bright Spots to Scotland
Watch this video sharing findings from the three local authorities that piloted the Bright Spots surveys in Scotland.
What is Bright Spots and what does it tell us about children in care?
Susanna Larsson discusses what we’ve learned from the Bright Spots Your Life, Your Care survey, and what this means for local authority practice.
How the Bright Spots Programme helped shape change in Powys
Dr Holly Gordon of Powys Council shares how they went about delivering the Bright Spots surveys, getting responses and working with the findings.
How Hull created a podcast to help young people deal with changes of social worker
Hull partnered with their children in care council to address the impact on children of changes in social worker. They created a podcast for all staff and introduced new ways of working to improve this area of practice.