VOICES from Leicestershire Cares

This month on All Things Youth Justice: Chikodi and Jenny sit down with Janik from the Fryday Podcast to discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people and the positive impact it can have.

The peer researchers on the Joining Up Joining In project have shared the findings of the report - Should Care Experience be a Protected Characteristic . The findings of the report highlighted the views of care experienced young people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. There is strong support for care experience being a protected characteristic (93%). The significant themes that came out o...

Join Chikodi and Jenny on the Youth Justice podcast as they delve into the connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and crime with special guest, Crae community navigator from the Phoenix program, sharing his real-life experiences.

Power to change project presents a Digital media workshop - podcast 001, with young the young people of Leicestershire, this is our first session back after a short break and we enter a new series, this episode was our first back with whole new line up of young people who came to engage, have some fun and learn some of the basics of podcasting and all things digital media so in this first session...

Introduction To Violence Intervention Project with Chikodi and Jenny from Leicestershire Cares

Leicestershire Cares presents the Joining Up, Joining In Podcast. Joining Up, Joining In aims to give care experienced young people a voice on the issues that matter to them. We’re delivering the project in collaboration with Learning and Work Institute and is funded by the Blagrave Trust. Young people on the project have recently been exploring whether being care experienced should be recognised...

What are care leavers experiences of Universal Credit?   Care leavers face a number of challenges as they prepare to leave the care system and navigate towards living independently at a young age. They often need support to help them move into education, employment or training. However, there is evidence that the welfare system isn’t doing enough to support care leavers.   Through consultations wi...

This Podcast discusses COVID-19 in different languages to inform our diverse communities of the most frequently asked questions relating to Covid-19 Vaccination and the importance of having the vaccine when offered to us. The aim is to empower our communities to make informed choices and tackle misinformation and cater to these needs in their native languages from trusted voices within their commu...

How can we support more Care Experienced Young People into Employment? Why might care experienced young people need support into the workplace? Why should businesses support care experienced young people into employment? What could businesses do to support care leavers? What do care experienced young people want businesses to know about them?   This podcast, will give an insight into the issues fa...

This Podcast discusses COVID-19 in different languages to inform our diverse communities of the most frequently asked questions relating to Covid-19 Vaccination and the importance of having the vaccine when offered to us. The aim is to empower our communities to make informed choices and tackle misinformation and cater to these needs in their native languages from trusted voices within their commu...

This Podcast discusses COVID-19 in different languages to inform our diverse communities of the most frequently asked questions relating to Covid-19 Vaccination and the importance of having the vaccine when offered to us. The aim is to empower our communities to make informed choices and tackle misinformation and cater to these needs in their native languages from trusted voices within their commu...

This Podcast discusses COVID-19 in different languages to inform our diverse communities of the most frequently asked questions relating to Covid-19 Vaccination and the importance of having the vaccine when offered to us. The aim is to empower our communities to make informed choices and tackle misinformation and cater to these needs in their native languages from trusted voices within their commu...

Leicestershire Cares’ latest care experienced podcast, Fostering a New Approach , explores the issues surrounding being care experienced around Christmas time. This episode Casey and Diana speak about past experiences, coping mechanisms and things to do.  Christmas can be difficult for care experienced young people. Lots of things shut down such as schools, colleges and universities resulting in t...

Leicestershire Cares’ latest care experienced podcast, Fostering a New Approach , explores the issues surrounding care experienced young people and university.  This episode Casey and Diana speak to Kim Emenike, a care leaver and recent graduate from Loughborough University Only 12% of care leavers make it to University compared with the 43% of the general population who participate, and once ther...

Leicestershire Cares’ latest care experienced podcast, Fostering a New Approach , explores the issues surrounding care experienced young people and the criminal justice system. This episode Casey and Diana are joined by Dr Claire Fitzpatrick, a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and the Youth Justice Lead in the Centre for Child & Family Justice Research, at Lancaster University. This is a massive and...

This week Casey and Diana talk about independent and semi-independent accommodation, which includes hostels, foyer, flats, shared housing and supported living. At the moment these provisions are unregulated so there is no national standard for them and they are not open to inspections from Ofsted. Main talking points : When are you really mature enough to only receive support and not care? The pro...

Main talking points : The relationships built between young mothers in a Baby and Mother unit. Lack of support from the state and the need for charities to support with food, mental wellbeing and isolation. Lockdown rules in a hostel and how they make life harder for mothers and babies The feelings of freedom when you walk into your new home. The bare-bones of council accommodation. No carpet, no...

Main talking points : Casey and Diana talk about the exit strategy which in their eyes, requires the online support that has developed over this time, to stay and for it to now work alongside the face to face interaction with support services. Casey and Diana also call for a bigger push for the Promise to Care , as there will be a need for businesses to step up and strengthen and lead the new comm...

Two care experienced young people, Casey and Diana, talking about stuff. It might be about care experienced issues, past experiences, policies that affect care leavers and looked after children, it might be about what they saw on TV last night. This second episode Casey and Diana talk about what makes a good support worker. To ask a question for next weeks show Tweet: @ LeicsCares #CEYPPODCAST www...

Leicestershire Cares has set up a podcast to help keep two of their participants connected. The care experienced duo now have a date in their diary each week, where they can record their podcast, helping them reduce the boredom and isolation brought on by the coronavirus lockdown. Casey and Diana will be exploring issues facing care leavers and over the following weeks will invite guests onto thei...