About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to improving the lives and outcomes of children and young people with experience of care. It is one of our current programmes for Fellowships, launched in 2023. It has been developed in partnership with the Hadley Trust, Coram Group and in consultation with our Children in Care working group. Fellows’ stories
Blogs & conversations Helping children in care to process grief and loss
As a social worker working with children moving onto adoption and before that with children in foster care, I've long wondered how children can be supported to process the feelings of grief and loss of separation.
28 March 2024
Report The adultification of black girls in state care: perspectives
By Sylvia Ikomi, 2023
Blogs & conversations Learning from Windrush: a kinship care context
As a kinship carer myself, for years I’ve been interested in my family’s dynamics, and have always been a little curious about what life would have been like had I been born in Jamaica.
By Sharon McPherson, 2023
Fellows' updates October 2023 Fellow's update: Augusta Itua
Augusta Itua (CF2023) appeared in conversation with Dr Julia Feast OBE in the Coram BAAF Conversations podcast. In this podcast, Accessing Care Records, they guide us through the current barriers and support available to care experienced people wanting to access their records. You can listen to and view the podcast here.
By Augusta Itua, 2023
Blogs & conversations Strengthening New Beginnings
By Jadwiga Leigh, 2023
Fellows' updates March 2023 Fellow's update: Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang
Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang (CF 2018), Founder and Director of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust, a new type of childrens' home has celebrated with his team the home being open for one year. He reports that they have some amazing young people in the home, who have settled in well and are enjoying living there. They have had visits from young people’s families, local authorities, funders, MPs, Ofsted and more, all of whom have been sharing wonderful feedback with the team. Emmanuel says that they are thinking about how they can further develop their first home, and what the future looks like in terms of opening more homes.
By Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang, 2023
