CYP Now - Putting the Care Pledge into Practice

To mark the third anniversary of the Care Experienced Conference, which led to the creation of a care pledge, those involved reflect on how the key messages have influenced policy and practice.

Liverpool City Region’s six councils took the key messages from the Care Experienced Conference to create a ‘Shared Pledge’ to improve work with young people in care. Picture: Lightfield Studios/Adobe Stock

Introduction by By Alison O’Sullivan, chair, National Children’s Bureau

It is three years since the Care Experienced Conference took place at Liverpool Hope University on 26 April 2019. The event was the culmination of more than two years’ work by dozens of people: a mix of care-experienced people with a variety of backgrounds in commerce, academia and care roles and a small number of professional allies.

The day was attended by more than 160 people aged 14 to 82. Some had travelled from as far afield as Australia. Such was the level of support that some young people in care sent in their pocket money to help to fund it.

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