Our Work
You can read about some of our work here and you can also send us an email to arrange a time to chat about the work we are doing: info@careexperiencedmovement.com
Finding the Echos
Free monthly creative spaces for Care Experienced People aged over 18 to attend to connect, be creative and use our voices to spark change for our community. bit.ly/4htoYDE
It's time to get hooked!
We want 20cm by 20cm crocheted or knitted squares!
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Once you have completed as many squares as you can, please reach out to Rose at roseregan@careexperiencedmovement.com so they can organise getting the squares all sewn together.
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Once we have completed blankets ready to go we will arrange for them to be sent to care experienced people - of all ages - who would love to have an heirloom blanket of their own!
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Get involved in our Blankets for Care Experienced People project or - if you're able to contribute - donate to the project here: https://opencollective.com/thecareexperiencedmovement/contribute/blankets-for-care-experienced-people-81632/
The 101 on Care Experience
We have been working alongside the Anna Freud research centre to develop a training course to introduce organisations to the basics on what Care Experience is.
We offer a beginners guide on Care Experience in the form of a 101 training course and a toolkit. If you are interested in our movement delivering the training to your organisation have a read of our flyer here or send us an email to info@careexperiencedmovement.com
A Care Experienced Rally 2025
We are actively applying for further funding to support work on a Care Experienced Rally in 2025.
Consultation
We have been working alongside a number of organisations to offer them advice and support the work they do for Care Experienced People. This has included Anna Frued, Missing People, Frontline and New Direction!
We are always open to offering advice and support to any organisation, collective, or people on Care Experience. You can email us to find out more or to arrange a chat with us: info@careexperiencedmovement.com
Developing a Membership Programme
Right now, we don't have a membership in a formal sense. This is something we are looking to develop once we have the funding in place to offer a membership that supports, champions, and uplifts the people apart of the Care Experienced Movement. We would love input from our wider community – so please do get in contact.
Once we have developed this, we will put out an open call for people to join the movement in a membership style. We will share more updates on this soon.
Response to the Government's Care Review response
We spent a month visiting two local authorities throughout April 2023 to research the thoughts and opinions of care experienced people currently in the care system about the care review and the government's response to the care review. We spoke with 40 Care Experienced People in total to develop this response.
We have written a preliminary report to be submitted by the government's deadline of 11th May 2023, however, we will be working on a wider report over the next year to be submitted to government, while working in partnership with local authorities/councils. We hope to reach out to more Care Experienced People and develop a response that includes as many members of the Care Experienced community as possible.
We used our funding from Blagrave Challenge and change fund to cover the costs of this project. This can be seen via our open collective. These costs included paying CEYP £50 for their time, food/drink costs for the workshop days, and the expenses of travelling to Brighton and Wolverhampton to work with young people.