National Care Leavers Week/Month 2025 Consultation
National Care Leavers Week (NCLW) is an annual event where care-experienced individuals, Local Authorities, charities, and businesses come together to celebrate and raise awareness of Care Leavers.
Each year, we ask for feedback from young people to help shape the theme and activities of NCLW. This year, we want to know whether Care Leavers prefer NCLW to be a week-long or a month-long event.
Your input is important!
The consultation closes at 5pm on Wednesday 30th April and care experienced individuals can enter a prize draw for Amazon or Just Eat vouchers. Download and share the consultation resources.
How is the consultation being developed?
Care-experienced individuals have been working alongside professionals (including care-experienced professionals) from charities involved with the Alliance for Children in Care and Care Leavers to create this year’s National Care Leavers Week consultation.
Why are we asking about the length of NCLW?
Last year’s consultation on the duration of NCLW resulted in a close decision, with a preference for a 1-week event winning by only 2 votes.
We also noticed from creating a programme of NCLW events and activities last year, that many took place across October and November, even though a single week was chosen. Because of this, we’re asking for your opinions again, weighing the pros and cons of each option.
What are we asking?
Our consultation working group also came up with some other areas to consult around:
- Do you think NCLW should be a week or a month?
- Should NCLW be more about celebrating Care Leavers, raising awareness of Care Experience or a bit of both?
- What would you want the theme of NCLW/M to be?
- What events or activities would you like to go to during NCLW/M?
- What would make NCLW/M a success?
Get Involved!
The working group have created some consultation resources to help care experienced individuals to participate in a flexible way – please download, share and use:
NCLW/M Consultation Poster: Share with individuals wishing to participate independently.
National Care Leavers Week (NCLW) poster
NCLW/M Consultation Booklet: This booklet includes ideas for group and 1:1 sessions.
National Care Leavers Week (NCLW) consutlation full booklet
NCLW/M Consultation Resource for 1:1 sessions: This resource is designed for Personal Advisors (PAs) and others supporting care-experienced individuals.
National Care Leavers Week (NCLW) 1to1 consultation resource
Please encourage care-experienced individuals to share their views by the deadline: 5 pm on Wednesday, April 30th.