First 'Joint' Local Offer for Care Leavers in England

created by Terry Galloway published on 16 April 2021

We created the first joint Care Leaver offer in Nottinghamshire involving 8 councils. As we wrote the offer, over 400 people took part. We had so many meetings, conferences, working groups and presentations involving every department in every council.

 

 

 

 

The main purpose of the work was to embed within the culture of the councils the need to think differently about Care Leavers. I genuinely believe that we have achieved that across the Nottinghamshire Councils.

The coach convoy took place on 28th September 2019 and was an opportunity to test the community cohesion, empathy and awareness within the councils and in the community of the need to think differently.  My hope was that we would come together to create an experience similar to what I experienced when I was in care.

Here is a video of the news report of the coach convoy event.