With our annual awards fast approaching we are excited to be able to celebrate with our business volunteers and show thanks for all the great work they do on our Care Experienced Young People’s project.
Our shortlist is created out of innovation from our business members in co-production, design, mentoring, networks, conversations and support to boost care experienced young people’s self-esteem and confidence.
We have 4 Businesses shortlisted for our ‘Outstanding contribution to work with Care Experienced Young People 2021
Care Experienced Award Nominees 2021 -
All of these businesses as well as many of our other member businesses / organisations will be joining us on September 22nd 5pm -7pm at Winstanley House, Leicester for our awards evening. Please follow us on twitter @leicsCares for news of the evening.
We would like to sincerely thank all of our volunteers who have shared their time, knowledge, experiences and motivation with our Care Experienced young people. Building professional networks is part of our Power to Change way of working with young people and the interactions our business member volunteers have with our care experienced young people often leads to opportunities to learn, increase their social capital and operate and navigate in networks that are often closed to them. But, it’s not just a one way thing. The interaction also acts as a way to educate businesses and professionals about the lives and barriers that care experienced young people face to finding employment, and succeeding in life.
Thank you.
You might be interested in:
Mentoring: creating new professional networks for care experienced young people that open the door to opportunities they previously would not have had
Our co-designed care leaver mentoring programme is producing amazing outcomes already. Building new networks, building confidence and building a brighter future
Our work with care experienced young people
- Find out about the work we do with care experienced young people: mental wellbeing, employment and training, campaigning for Care Leavers rights, building social connection.
- Sign our Promise to Care
- Hear the voices of care experienced young people in our Podcasts
- Taking Hold of Our Heritage project. Get a digital download of the book
- Become a mentor to a care experienced young person
For more information about our work with care experienced young people, please contact Jacob Brown: jacob@leicestershirecares.co.uk