created by
Terry Galloway
published on
18 May 2026
PRESS RELEASE 18/05/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Historic National Survey to Include Care Experience Questions for the First Time
Today marks a major milestone for Care Experienced people as the new Community and Engagement Survey launches with questions on Care Experience included within a national government survey for the first time.
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created by
Terry Galloway
published on
17 September 2025
There are 130 Local Authorities accros Great Britain that have passed motions to "Treat Care Experience as if it were a Protected Characteristic.
Should you need any help or have a query please don't hesitate to call Terry Galloway or email [email protected] 07838 317574
These are the councils in alphapetical order;
Angus
Ashfield District Council
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created by
Terry Galloway
published on
02 April 2025
🔊 From Abuse to Action — The Day I Sat at Redcar Beach
In October 2022, I stood in Redcar & Cleveland Council Chamber, nervous but determined, as they became the 5th council in the UK to pass the motion to treat Care Experience as if it were a Protected Characteristic.
To most people in the room that day, it was another motion. Another council meeting.
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created by
Terry Gallwoway
published on
03 May 2024
Here are extracts of the letter sent by the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Secretary of State for Education 3rd May 2024 to Local Authorities regarding Interntional Homelessness for Care Leavers.
"We expect that intentional homelessness decisions for care leavers are exceptional"
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created by
Faye McCarthy, EDI Business Partner, Cambridgeshire County Council
published on
24 April 2024
The Care Leaver Local Offer and Cambridgeshire County Council have co-produced guidance to support public bodies to consider care experience in their own equality impact assessment (EIA) processes.
The guide comes because many local authorities have passed the motion to treat ‘care experience’ as a protected characteristic.
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