How can we make life better for children in care and care leavers?

A new open access briefing aims to support the wellbeing of children in care and care experienced young people.

The briefing provides key messages from the Bright Spots Programme, a partnership between Coram Voice and the University of Oxford which works with children in care and care leavers to explore their views and experiences of what makes life good for them. Understanding what they say improves their wellbeing and is essential if we want to make children and young people’s lives better.

The briefing provides key messages from the programme, practice examples and reflective questions to help strategic leads and practitioners think about how they might use the evidence and be involved in the programme in the future. Although it is aimed at strategic leads and senior managers, the contents are relevant to anyone working with children in care and care leavers.

In telling the story of Bright Spots, the briefing addresses two fundamental questions:

• What makes life good for children in care and care leavers?
• How can we make life better for children in care and care leavers?

An open access recorded webinar shares key learning from the Bright Spots programme so that professionals can better support children in care and care leavers. The webinar looks at:

• The key wellbeing indicators that are important for children and young people in care and care leavers.
• The factors that are associated with very high well-being and low well-being for children and young people in care and care leavers.
• The changes local authorities who have taken part in the Bright Spots programme have made.

View the briefing (open access).

View webinar (open access).