To mark Care Leavers’ Month, Dame Rachel De Souza sets out the changes needed to improve support for care-experienced young people into adulthood. Read more.
Researchers are calling for investment in evidence-backed mentoring and befriending initiatives for care-experienced children and young people after analysis found they can boost mental health, reduce trauma...
‘Major reforms’ of the funded childcare entitlement system are needed to benefit disadvantaged children, experts have urged, as latest analysis finds that two thirds of poorer families are missing...
Just a quarter of care leavers remain with their foster carers after turning 18, new research by the Fostering Network shows.
Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now
Action for Children has published a report examining the Staying Put scheme in England which gives young people in foster care the chance to stay with their former foster carers up to the age of 21, rather than having...
Young people have shared their experiences of living in unregulated supported accommodation as a consultation into the use of such provision closes. The accounts provide a range of experiences from those who became...
Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, Leicestershire Cares’ leaving care team has been working closely with the care experienced young people we support to help them share their experiences of social distancing and the...
Leicestershire Cares has set up a podcast to help keep two of their participants connected. The care experienced duo now have a date in their diary each week, where they can record their podcast, helping them reduce the...
Care-experienced young people have shared videos of their persepectives on the UK-wide lockdown from their homes and university halls through charity Leicestershire Cares. The vlogs come as part of a bid by the...
People who have been taken into care as a child should receive ongoing support to help them deal with the impact of their experiences, a report has recommended. A summary report of the first Care Experienced Conference...
How did a childhood spent in the care system lead to the young man everybody loved dying under an overpass – and could a new law help?
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian
Considerable attention has been given to the vulnerability of young people leaving care in the UK in their transition to adulthood. To date, however, there has been limited focus on the perceptions of care leavers about...
What’s the problem? Young people are missing out on the chance to stay living with their foster families after they turn 18. Although the law says young people can remain under Staying Put until they are 21 if both...
