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Bright Spots insight paper: Understanding why you are in care
Every child and young person who comes into care needs to know why and have opportunities to discuss the reasons this happened whenever they feel unclear.
Our Bright Spots Insight Paper ‘Understanding why you are in care’ explains why this is important to children and young people and shares ideas and resources for how to support them with this.
Bright Spots Snapshot, Our Lives Our Care: looked after children’s views on their well-being in 2018
In 2018, Bright Spots produced a snapshot Our Lives Our Care: looked after children’s views on their well-being in 2018, based on what 2,684 children in care from 17 English local authorities told Coram Voice through the Your Life, Your Care survey in 2017/18.
It gives an insight into how children and young people in care really feel about their lives.
Think Siblings: findings from a national survey of adopters
Coram’s Impact and Evaluation team created an online survey for adopters in January 2017. The survey link was sent to adopters via Adoption UK, Coram and First4Adoption. There were 414 responses. All English regions were represented in the survey along with respondents living in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This report presents the findings from the survey.
Think Siblings Project: Final Report
The Think Siblings Project: Final Report is a resource for social work practitioners comprising a literature review and research with practical tools for their everyday work
Our Lives, Our Care: Looked after children’s views on their well-being – Wales 2018 (English and Welsh versions)
The Wales Bright Spots national report details the findings from six local authorities in Wales who completed the Bright Spots Your Life, Your Care survey.
Our Lives Our Care 2017
Details all the findings from children and young people who completed the Bright Spots ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey in 2017 (2,263 children and young people from 16 local authorities).