National Care Leavers’ Month 2026: time to plan the theme!!!

National Care Leavers’ Month (NCLM) is back again for November 2026! But before we get there, we need to plan the theme that will drive the month. Any ideas?

As with previous years, we want to get as many care-experienced individuals as possible involved with deciding the theme. There will be four stages to the process:

  1. Care-experienced individuals are invited to share their ideas and views about NCLM and its 2026 theme. Want to contribute? Please complete this Mentimeter survey by Tuesday 17th March 2026 – click here now.
  2. A group of care-experienced individuals supported by charity professionals will collaborate to review the survey results and shape the responses into a few clear theme options.
  3. There will be a final voting stage for care-experienced individuals across the UK to decide the theme by the end of March 2026.
  4. The NCLM theme for 2026 will be decided and announced at the beginning of April!
A bit more about the survey

What’s the survey in the first stage all about? Well, it explains what NCLM is and why exactly we have a theme. It’s also a space for people to share thoughts on what the purpose of NCLM should be and ideas for the theme, activities, events, and merchandise. It’s also an opportunity to stay in touch.

Care-experienced individuals who complete the survey can enter a prize draw. There are 10 x £10 Love2Shop e-vouchers up for grabs provided by our friends at Care Leavers Covenant.

If you belong to a charity, local authority, or any other organisation that works directly with care-experienced individuals, please encourage them to complete the survey. We have attached a guide with ideas of ways to increase engagement. We hope you find this useful – please do share it widely.  You can download it now here.

Professionals and Allies – we want to hear from you too!

We are also keen to hear from professionals from local authorities, charities, businesses, and organisations about your experiences of last year’s NCLM and ideas for this year.

Please complete this survey by Wednesday 18th March to let us know your thoughts – click here now.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Looking for the NCLM logo? Download it now here.