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Category
How Hull developed opportunities for young people to make friends
Hull developed more opportunities for children and young people to have fun together and offered more training to staff to focus on this issue.
Amplify Awards 2022: South London Refugee Association
A space for care-experienced young migrants to come together, get their voices heard, and feel a sense of belonging.
Amplify awards 2022: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough young inspectors
Eight young inspectors inspected four supervised contact centres and made more than fifty recommendations for change
Amplify awards 2022: Derbyshire Children in Care Council – Film for foster carers
Derbyshire Children in Care Council created a film for prospective foster carers emphasising what they felt were the key skills needed
Southwark: Helping children locate and connect with people who are important to them
Dechaun Malcolm, Children’s Rights Officer for Southwark Council, talks about Reconnect, a service that helps children and young people aged 5-25 in Southwark to locate and connect with people who are important to them.
Developing a family focused environment for children in North Yorkshire
Jonny Hoyle, Development Lead, North Yorkshire, shares some of the work that North Yorkshire County Council has achieved under its “family focused” agenda.
Staying Connected webinar
A webinar exploring the Bright Spots Staying Connected report on looked after children and young people’s feelings about contact and family time.
Improving communication between children and young people and their social workers
North Somerset social workers brought in introduction cards so that children in care could get to know them better
Improving care leavers’ trust in their workers – New Belongings Programme
Oldham have given leaving care workers the skills and opportunities to develop relationships with children and young people in care
Staying Connected: the views of looked after children and young people on their contact arrangements
This Bright Spots report collects the views of looked after children and young people on their contact arrangements. The findings and recommendations outline challenges to and importance of children in care staying connected with their parents, siblings and other people who are important to them.