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Understanding why young people participate in the Voices competition
Through eleven interviews with young people who entered the Voices competition, Coram found out why young people decided to apply and if their experience of the competition helped them.
Care leavers’ views on their transition to adulthood: A rapid review of the evidence
Young people with direct experience of leaving care are best placed to evaluate and comment on the care system and how it has worked for them. this rapid review sought to place their voices at the forefront of our development work on well-being and care leavers.
Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy and Improving Preparation for Parenthood for Care-Experienced Young People
It is now widely acknowledged that care-experienced children and young people are at increased risk of poor life outcomes when compared to peers who have not spent time in a care setting. They are also at heightened risk of teenage pregnancy, which significantly increases the likelihood that these disadvantages will be transferred to the next generation.
Measuring Well-Being
Our literature review, which informed the development of the ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey, looking at UK and international approaches to measuring the concept of wellbeing and, in particular, the wellbeing of looked after children.
Children and Young People’s Views on Being in Care
Our literature review, which informed the development of the ‘Your Life, Your Care’ survey, looking at existing research on children and young people’s experiences of being in care and highlighting their voices on positive and adverse aspects of that journey.
The Door is Closed
Children are becoming homeless as a result of local authorities' failures, according to children's charity Coram Voice