Care Leaver Forum

Care Leaver Forum is a participation group for young people who are care experienced, aged 18-25 years, from Lancashire or living in Lancashire.

Care Leaver Forum is run by Lancashire County Council's Targeted Youth Support - Participation Service.

This participation group is to have your voice heard, have the opportunity to influence decision-making and bring about change.

What we do:

• Attend and take part in Lancashire County Council's Corporate Parenting Board and raise issues that are important to children in care and care leavers, such as the council tax exemption
• Travel to London and other places to meet with MP’s and other organisations to speak about our experiences and opinions
• Attend and train other young people on recruitment and selection and carry out speed interviews for new social workers and foster carers
• Train new social workers throughout their induction process
• Participate in a whole range of consultations and events including:
  • Organising and attend Care Leaver Week activities.  
  • Planning and running a yearly participation conference.
  • Present training to social care teams and university students.
  • Sit on boards and attend meetings with Lancashire County Council
  • Become a Young Inspector
  • Meet with other Children in Care councils from across the North West

We meet monthly across Lancashire both in person and online.

More information and advice

• Care leavers local offer

Contact

Contact April or Adam to find out more and join us.

April

• Email: april.pollitt@lancashire.gov.uk
• Tel: 07929 724 815

Adam

• Email: adam.riley@lancashire.gov.uk 
• Tel: 07977 273 904

Meetings

Meetings are usually fortnightly, 5.30pm to 7.30pm at:

• Whitecross Multi Room, Lancaster (Mondays)
• County Hall Meeting Point, Preston (Wednesdays)
• The Zone, Burnley (Thursdays)

please contact April or Adam to check the date and time before attending.

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