Since we launched National Care Leavers' Day in 2002, National Care Leavers' Week has become an established part of the autumn calendar. National Care Leavers' Week is essential in order to raise awareness among public and politicians alike about the ongoing needs of care leavers, and the inadequate levels of support which these young people receive when they leave care.
click logo to visit the National Care Leavers' Week website for full details of NCLW2011 - A Day in My Shoes which took place between 26 October and 1 November 2011
National Care Leavers' Week is a joint initiative of all the major charities working with and for care leavers and is coordinated by the Care Leavers' Foundation. Supporting organisations include A National Voice, The Care Leavers' Association, National Care Advisory Service, Catch 22, Voices from Care, and Voice.
National Care Leavers' Week events have also been supported by SCIE, ADSS, GMB, FCA, Children and Young People Now, Bollington Insurance, Resource Partners, Educare, Hillcrest, Prospects, Future Horizons and the Bryn Melyn Group
National Care Leavers' Week 2011 took place from 26th October - 1st November. Titled 'A Day in My Shoes ' NCLW invited all professionals and services who come into contact with care leavers to take time to reflect on the lives that care leavers live and the barriers they have to overcome. As all of our public services continue to face significant financial cuts, every housing support worker, community mental health worker, prison officer, university tutor, jobcentre advisor, constituency MP and personal advisor can have a more positive impact on the lives of the young care leavers who come their way just by taking a moment to ask themselves what must it be like to walk a day in the shoes of a care leaver. There is no cost to intelligent compassion.
Download your copy of the 2011 National Care Leavers Week Magazine here
Download your copy of the 2010 National Care Leavers Week Magazine here
Download your copy of the 2009 National Care Leavers Week Magazine here
Download your copy of the 2008 National Care Leavers Week Magazine here
Download your copy of the 2007 National Care Leavers Week Magazine here
For photos and summaries of previous National Care Leavers' Week events click here
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