The government white paper Care Matters: Time for Change, launched in June 2007, fuelled Bradford Youth Service's voice and influence team into action. The team acknowledged the low numbers of looked after young people engaged with their projects, initiatives where young people exercise their voice to influence decision making processes which affect their lives.
Workers visited residential units, worked alongside foster carers and the fostering and adoption unit, and attended events in a bid to build relationships with looked-after young people. They also made a bid to develop peer-led research with the Young Researchers Network (YRN). By October 2007 Get the Life You Want (GLUW) had formed and the funding bid was successful.
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