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Stable Homes, Built on Love: extending corporate parenting responsibilities
The consultation session with young people looked at extending corporate parenting responsibilities to public bodies – who should support children in care and care leavers and what they should do to support them.
Stable Homes, Built on Love: the Children’s Social Care National Framework
This consultation session with young people looked at the Children’s Social Care National Framework – what children’s social care will do and who will do it.
The impact of the Bright Spots Programme in Coventry
Hear from Coventry City Council about how the Bright Spots Programme has informed their practice and service development.
Bright Spots Pilot Programme in Scotland
A video of colleagues from the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) in Scotland, highlighting the importance of responding to findings from the Bright Spots surveys.
The development and psychometric validation of a survey to measure the subjective well-being of care leavers
A 2024 survey co-produced with care leavers reveals a steep decline in well-being after leaving care.
New survey co-produced with care leavers reveals a steep decline in well-being after leaving care
Results of the survey found that about a quarter of care leavers reported low life satisfaction compared with only 3% of their peers in the general population.
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.
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.
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.