Leading Our Lives
In 2007 the Fostering Network was awarded Big Lottery funding to run an innovative national project called Leading Our Lives.
The project aims to enable young people in England who are or have been in care, or who are part of a family that fosters, to have a genuine voice in discussions about their own future and about services affecting them.
The project team includes four young people's participation workers with experience of care or of being part of fostering families, as well as sessional workers in London and the North East of England.
Project news
Read our July Update.
Train The Trainers
Do you want to learn new presentation skills or build on what you already know?
Leading Our Lives is providing free training to all young people to equip them with the skills to present confidently and to lead workshops and groups.
This two day course equips any young person with transferable skills to use in college, university or anywhere else by boosting confidence and teaching ways to encourage participation.
To find out more contact Jane at jane.sayner@fostering.net or by calling on 0207 620 8416. More information about this event
Win up to £2,500 for your community
If you’re aged 13-25 and want to make a difference in your community, why not apply for O2’s Think Big community award. Find out more about the award.
Events
We have a lot planned for the summer and autumn before our project comes to an end, so take advantage of as many opportunities as you can till then!
Information about events for young people and new panel training dates for the autumn now available in our Events section.
Newsletter for young people
We produce a national newsletter written by and for young people. You can view REVO online in our resource centre. You can also take part in the REVO big question.
Let us know what you think!
Tell us your opinion of Revo and win a £15 high street voucher
If you have any questions or comments about Leading Our Lives, contact one of the participation project workers.
- Sara, email sara.dawson@fostering.net
- Ali, email ali.hossain@fostering.net
- Erina, email erina.naluwaga@fostering.net
You might also be interested in
- Forgotten voices (Page)
- Fostering families: supporting sons and daughters of foster families (Resource)
- Sons and daughters (Page)
- Sons and daughters of foster carers (Resource)
- Sons and daughters week (Event)
- Sons and daughters week toolkit (Resource)
- Thrive: the newsletter for young people (Resource)
Support our work with young people
Leading Our Lives funding ends this month and we want to continue our work with young people into the future. To find out how you can help, please visit the Support Us page.
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Need advice?
Contact our advice services, or browse our resource centre for practical information and guidance.
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