Name: Ohana
Provider: Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council launched the Ohana project in partnership with care-experienced parents in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country and left many feeling alone and vulnerable. Ohana is a service which offers social activities and a support network for young, care-experienced parents, generally aged 15 to 25.
Hertfordshire County Council has increased parents’ voices and participation in the project steadily, with sessions running weekly and 40 parents actively involved. Sessions run online but mostly in person, with the service initially developing the confidence of those with heightened anxieties after Covid.
“We started online with Covid restrictions, then when they lifted we were able to hire spaces so that parents and their children could meet with each other and build relationships while doing normal activities,” says Ben Carr, lifelong links and family group conference manager at Hertfordshire County Council.
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