Care Leaver Forum

Care Leaver Forum is a participation group for young people who are care experienced, aged 17-24 years, from Lancashire or living in Lancashire.

Care Leaver Forum is run by Lancashire County Council's Targeted Youth Support - Participation Service.

This participation group is to have your voice heard, have the opportunity to influence decision-making and bring about change.

Join us and you can:

• Join face-to-face and online sessions, to build on your confidence, communication, presentation and public speaking skills
• Train in recruitment and selection to carry out interviews for job roles within Lancashire County Council such as social workers
• Take part in Lancashire County Council’s Corporate Parenting Board to raise issues that are important to children in care and care leavers
• Organise and attend the PROUD Awards and Care Leavers week
• Plan and run yearly participation conferences
• Create informative videos and resources for social care teams, and other care experienced children and young people, fostering residential and adoption services and beyond
• Become a Young Advisor and feedback to children’s homes and other services for positive change
• Take part in other activities such as life skills, cooking, art and crafts

We meet monthly across Lancashire both in person and online.

Get involved

Are you a care experienced child or young person aged 8-24 in or from Lancashire?

To let us know how you'd like to be involved, complete the short form and our Participation Team will be in touch with you.

More information and advice

• Care leavers local offer information about support in Lancashire for care leavers aged 16-25.
• The FYP on Instagram (@the_fyp_Lancashire) for care experienced young people in Lancashire to keep up to date with news, events and entitlements – and a way to interact if you wish!

Contact

Contact April or Adam to find out more and join us.

Email: cypparticipationteam@lancashire.gov.uk 

April: 07929 724 815

Adam: 07977 273 904

Meetings

Meetings are usually fortnightly, 5.30pm to 7.30pm at:

• Whitecross Multi Room, Lancaster (Mondays)
• County Hall Meeting Point, Preston (Wednesdays)
• The Zone, Burnley (Thursdays)

please contact April or Adam to check the date and time before attending.

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