Engaging young people and putting their views at the heart of its work was a key factor in Reading’s children in care council (CIC), run by Brighter Futures for Children, the trust that runs children’s services in the borough, winning the participation category at the recent A National Voice Awards.
Reading’s CIC was first introduced in 2007 in line with government policy, but the drive for youth engagement was a more recent development: in 2019, the Care2Listen group was established to represent 12- to 17-year-olds as well as a group representing care leavers and Care2HaveFun representing looked-after children aged five to 12.
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