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‘Here is Home’ - Cards inspired by care-experienced people

Blue Cabin’s Executive Director, Jenny Young, responds to the publication of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.

Findings are now available from a study which looked at the impact of lockdown on Children in Care Councils, and how the care-experienced young people who take part have – or don’t have – an influence on decision-making in local authorities. Researcher Dr Clive Diaz shares some of the headline findings from the Compass project.

A group of care-experienced young artists from South Tyneside and Stockton have had their first taste of working as professional designers, creating a range of limited-edition bags inspired by the North East.

Carol Bowden is one of the Associate Artists who work with Blue Cabin to provide creative opportunities for care-experienced children and young people in Darlington. Here, she explains how two days of creative activities at Theatre Hullabaloo were filled with all different kinds of magic.

How did care-experienced young people help shape evaluation of Creative Life Story Work in three North East local authorities? Researcher Chloe Juliette from Ipsos MORI explains.