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Your voice matters

As a care experienced young person, your experiences are the best to help us shape the services that you and future care leavers need.

Your voice matters and we want to hear from you about your experiences and to help us understand what we can do, as corporate parents, to develop our services for you.

Your voice matters!

There are various ways you can get your voice and participate in different opportunities.

Care council

You have a right to let us know how you feel about the services you are receiving or about progress with your pathway plan, for example.

By sharing your lived experiences, you can help to shape care leavers services now and for the future. We encourage you you to join our Care Council that has two empowering forums:

  1. Care Leaver’s Forum: A platform for individuals who have transitioned out of care, providing a space to share experiences, access resources, and advocate for positive change.
  2. Care Experienced Groups: Tailored to nurture the voices of young people with care experience, divided into:
    • Up to 11s: A friendly and supportive environment for our younger members to play, learn, and grow together.
    • 12 to 16s: A dynamic group designed for teenagers to connect, discuss, and develop skills for the future.

Both groups meet up regularly to chat about their experiences, to raise issues and campaign for change. Young people also enjoy meeting up socially and eating together at each chat group. There are also many other opportunities for you to take part in and share your views such as helping us to recruit new Social Workers and Young Person Advisors or helping us update the Local Offer in the future.

If you’d like to get involved in your Care Council or any participation related activities such as our anual celebration day for care experienced young people, please contact us at: YourVoice@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk

Find out more about your Care Council!

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Observatory House
25 Windsor Road
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Berkshire
SL1 2EL

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