Over the last year we have had incredible contributions from you all and we wanted to share all of the great things you’ve been doing!
At the end of last year and start of this year we developed a third series of our award winning podcast challenging negative perceptions of those in the care system and encouraging new perspectives. In the series we hear from:
We added to our Turning 25 series, where you share stories of losing support from their local authority and ran a campaign around this as part of National Care Leavers Week 2022.
We heard about projects tyou have been part of or founded:
We shared practical guides for:
We ran a giveaway in partnership with Breethe Wellness App asking for responses around what helps the IMO community look after their mental and physical wellbeing – we will be sharing the responses in the New Year to support you in looking after your health.
We added to our Career Experienced People series with a video from Kim, a care-experienced Project Manager on the Civil Service Fast Stream who did a secondment at Smart Works, a charity offering free career guidance, one-to-one interview support and interview outfits to unemployed women or women on zero hours contracts. She shares what she does day-to-day, the best part of her job and the Care Leaver Programme she has been developing for Smart Works.
We will be sharing the experience of a care leaver on the Civil Service Care Leaver Internship Scheme in the new year and this year shared information about applying for the internship, with applications closing on 8th January 2023.
We also added to our series of quick and delicious budget recipes sharing recipes for Tree biscuits, Home made pop t*rts, Chickpea, carrot and coriander falafels and Biscoff crumble key lime pie.
We ended the year off with a Christmas competition to ask you to offer messages of support and advice to their peers over the Christmas period. Your messages were shared to support all care experienced young people through the holiday period.
We have also run ‘Dear Future Me’ goal setting workshops – get in touch if you are interested [email protected]!.
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