The following update was provided by Investing
in Children:
- Young people from the CiCC have
provided the Virtual School with their views on personal education
plans.
- Work is taking place with the
voluntary sector on an arts project.
- A Fun Day will be held on 26 October
at the Sjovoll Centre and members of the Corporate Parenting Panel
have been invited to attend (members must sign up through the
Eventbrite link). The day will include
a recruitment drive for new members of the CiCC.
- Young people regularly assist in the
training of foster carers and, at the most recent session, a group
of young people facilitated the training, without any assistance
from the adults. The session went very well and received excellent
feedback.
- Young people have provided training
for students at Newcastle University on the social work
course.
- Young people attended a foster care
consultation event.
- Care Leavers’ Week takes place
from 22 October. Corporate Parenting
Panel members were encouraged to attend the joint meeting with the
Children in Care Council which will be held on 23
October.
- To coincide with Care Leavers’
Week, the Children in Care Council is hoping to install a display
in the Durham Room about children in care.
- Members were encouraged to take part
in the Care Leavers’ Challenge during Care Leavers’
Week. This requires participants to
live on a budget of £57.90 a week, to raise awareness
of the difficulties care leavers face on a daily basis.
- A big lottery application has been
lodged for funding for a care leaver traineeship.