J Wilson provided the following update:
- Training for foster carers had
recently taken place.
- With reference to the
‘promise’ to support looked after children, this had
been amended to make it more child-friendly.
- The CiCC is doing some work on
updating the Looked After Guide.
- February 16 is National Care Day and
to link in with this the CiCC is launching their Care Leavers
Challenge. Members were invited to
participate and those wishing to take part were asked to sign up by
5 February. The challenge takes place
between 12 and 25 February and the challenge is to live like a care
leaver with only £57.90 per week to live on. Information packs were made available at the end
of the meeting.
- The CiCC is to planning to apply for
Key Funding for £500 in respect of an activities budget.
- All members were invited to attend
the mentoring training on 30 January at 5 pm at County
Hall.