Hannah McCowen, Author at National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum

We’re really proud to share our Annual Report for 2023-24 which demonstrates the impact of the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum on improving support for young people leaving care.

Download the Annual Report Here.

Here are some of the highlights to look out for…

Front cover: Find out who our VIP Guest was to the Care leaver celebration event in November 2023.

Page 4 – Find out how many LAs felt that being an NLCBF member had impacted leaving care practice in their area in a positive way

Page 4 – A summary of new areas developed by the forum in the year including mapping the new Ofsted judgement, Relational Practice Peer Learning group funded by Esmee Fairbairn & launching a Community of Practice on ‘Mental Health & Care Leavers’

Page 5 – A summary of the opportunities the forum’s engaged with to influence policy at a local and national level

Page 6 – Read about the new model for recruiting Champions who would volunteer with the forum for a year & a formalising of our previous Champions as ‘YPBMF Legends’

Page 7 – YPBMF’s In Their Own Words event was a highlight of the year with over 300 people attending. We’ve just run the 2024 event and the videos will be out soon.

Page 8 – Find out how many ‘Positivitrees’ have been planted so far & how LAs are using this to start conversations about their local offer.

Page 9 – Read about the challenges and opportunities for the forum in 2024-2025

Page 10 – Lists just some of the organisations we work with – Working collaboratively is key for the change we want to be part of for care experienced young people

Page 12 – Read about our plans and priorities for the current year

Page 14 – Enjoy a photo from NLCBF’s 20th Birthday celebration, with the Liza Zakheim, the outgoing NLCBF Steering Group Vice-Chair

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Forum during this year – Particular thanks to the YPBMF Champions and Legends, the NLCBF Steering and Stakeholder Groups and to the many partner organisations we work alongside.

Download the Annual Report Here