Minutes:
It was reported that a young person is currently missing from a local authority children’s home and all efforts are being made to locate this young person as quickly as possible, including a social media campaign.
The Senior Partnership Officer read out an account from Councillor Bainbridge of her experience of the Care Leavers’ Challenge. Councillor Bainbridge highlighted how difficult she had found it to live on the care leavers’ allowance of £57.60 per week, in particular how to cook healthy meals on such a limited budget. She stressed the importance of educating care leavers in home economics and basic cooking skills in order that they can cook healthy meals on a limited budget. The Chair thanked Councillor Bainbridge for participating in the challenge and for providing the valuable feedback. Ellie Seed commented that it would be useful to discuss this with Councillor Bainbridge to see if this is something that could be picked up by the Children in Care Council, perhaps, as part of their drop-in sessions.