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Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) commitment to Care Leavers

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This is a commitment from the Department for Work and Pension. They are responsible for all the jobs centers and Universal Credit. This includes paying for housing in the private rented sector for care leavers. They have committed to make things easier for care leavers as they transition onto Universal Credit. • Enabling care leavers to make an advanced claim for Universal Credit up to

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Driving Ahead to help young people in care learn to drive

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We were delighted to launch our new Driving Ahead scheme earlier this week, offering Barnet’s care leavers like 18-year-old Emma Harris the opportunity to learn to drive. We can now offer 12 young people 30 hours of free lessons from The AA Driving School.

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Driving outcomes: learning to drive, resilience and young people living in residential care

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There are continuing concerns about the experiences offered to older adolescents being looked after (‘in care’) in the UK and, especially, to care leavers. Questions are asked about the limitations of State care compared with normal family life. This paper reports on an initiative to provide driving lessons to a group of six young men living in residential homes in one city.

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Effectively Abandoned -Care Leavers in the Criminal Justice System

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Lessons from a regional pilot project Darren Coyne is the project lead for criminal justice focused work at The Care Leavers’ Association (CLA). He is a care leaver, person with convictions and the main author to this report having written the original transcript and subsequent drafts.

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Equality Impact Assessment: Using Infrastructure Levy & S106 Policy to Support Care Leavers

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Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) – Care Leavers’ Housing and Support This Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) explores how councils can use their powers under the Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 policy to improve outcomes for care-experienced people.

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Evaluation of the Care Leavers Partnership: Southwark Council and Catch22

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Evaluation report March 2020 Claudia Mollidor, Raynette Bierman, Ellis Akhurst (Ipsos MORI) This report sets out findings for the evaluation of the Care Leavers Partnership jointly delivered by Southwark Council and Catch22. The project was awarded £1.7 million in 2017 as part of the Department for Education’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.

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Facilitator notes "Treating Care Experience as a Protected Characteristic Workshop"

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These are the facilitator notes for the “Treating Care Experience as a Protected Characteristic Workshop” Please let us know what you think but remember it's important that those taking part know this is a national movement and they are not alone.

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FINDING THEIR FEET Equipping care leavers to reach their potential

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The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) aims to put social justice at the hear t of British politics. This report is about giving the most vulnerable children in society a second chance. Too often those who star t life experiencing deeply dysfunctional relationships end up treading the same path their parents did before them. With 10,000 children leaving care every year and with

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office Commitment to Care Leavers

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Download The Foreign & Commonwealth Office Care Leaver Offer. Are they doing enough? Do you have ideas that they could use. Why not get in touch?

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Guarantor Scheme - Application form - Kent County Council

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This is the application form for the Guarantor Scheme. This includes income/outgoings

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