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We’re Recruiting: Digital Marketing & Events Officer (Maternity Cover)
NLCBF is looking for a dynamic and creative Digital Marketing & Events Officer to cover ...
Care X National Apprenticeship Week next week!
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2025: 10TH – 16TH FEBRUARY Theme: Skills for L...
NLCBF & YPBMF Key Asks: Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill
NLCBF welcomes the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and its measures to improve the s...
Child Poverty Strategy: Care Experienced Parents & Young People
NLCBF has submitted two briefings to the government’s Tackling Child Poverty Strategy ...
My First NLCBF Managers Event: A Whirlwind of Learning and Connection
National Care Leavers Benchmarking Forum Managers event 4th-6th December 2024. On the 4th of...
All of Us, We are One: YPBMF Care Leavers Celebration Event!
I’m Dyllan, one of the YPBMF Legends, and I’m going to be recanting my amazing experienc...
Winter Support for Care Experienced Individuals
This winter period is going to be a cold one. Jade, our Participation Officer has created a ...
We’re Recruiting: Part Time NLCBF Practice Lead
With Darren, our current Practice Lead dropping down to 2 days/week, we’re recruiting ...
Celebrating Outstanding Personal Advisors: PA of the Year Awards 2024
The Personal Advisor Celebration Awards, held as part of our annual PA Celebration Event, on...
In Their Own Words 2024 – Support After 21 & 25 Years of Age
In June 2024, over 200 care experienced individuals from around the UK took part in our “I...
In Their Own Words 2024 – Safe and Affordable Homes
In June 2024, over 200 care experienced individuals from around the UK took part in our “I...
In Their Own Words 2024 – Communities of Support
In June 2024, over 200 care experienced individuals from around the UK took part in our “I...
In Their Own Words 2024 – Mental Health and Health
In June 2024, over 200 care experienced individuals from around the UK took part in our “I...
In Their Own Words 2024 – Cost of Living Report
In June 2024, over 200 care experienced individuals from around the UK took part in our “I...
National Care Leavers Week Blog: The ‘Radiator Key’ Challenge
Are you a professional working with care experienced young people? Are you someone with th...
NCLW 2024: Everything You Need To Know!
Leaving care organizations and care experienced individuals across the country come together...
In Their Own Words 2024 – Reports Published
In June 2024, over 200 care experienced individuals from around the UK took part in our “I...
National Care Leavers Week – #NCLW Theme: “All of Us, We are One”
The Alliance for Looked After Children & Care Leavers and care experienced individuals f...
Blog: In Their Own Words Takeover
Hi I am Dyllan one of the YPBMF champions for 2023/24 and I’m going to be telling you ...
NLCBF’s 2023-24 Annual Report…
We’re really proud to share our Annual Report for 2023-24 which demonstrates the impac...
In Their Own Words Survey: Take Part Now!
YPBMF have been co-designing a survey for care experience individuals across the country. ...
Our Parliamentary Adventure
Blog by Toni McClelland, NLCBF Digital Marketing and Events Officer In February 2024, our YP...
In Their Own Words Event: Booking Now Open
YPBMF’s In Their Own Words Event is back for a third year. Hosted by care experienced yo...
YPBMF meet Ministers
Victoria Odude, YPBMF Steering Group Rep and Rylee, one of our YPBMF Champions met with Davi...
We’re Recruiting: Participation Officer
We’re really excited to announce NLCBF are recruiting for a Participation Officer – a ne...
Blog: The Care X Apprentice Network talk about Employability
‘Blog by Victoria Odude, YPBMF Steering Group Rep – who hosted the ‘Improving Employab...
Blog: Aisha’s Visit to No.10
‘Aisha, YPBMF Champion was invited to 10 Downing Street during National Care Leavers Weeks...
Royal Visit: YPBMF ‘Celebrating Us’ Event
On Wednesday 8th November, YPBMF held its annual Care Leaver Celebration Event in Birmingh...
Top 10 Asks for the Local Offer
What do young people say makes a great local offer? What do leaving care practitioners and...
Improving Employability Event Video and Audio Resources
You can now watch and listen to the sessions from the “Improving Employability for Peo...
Care Experienced Apprentices Enjoy Coronation Concert
In May this year, before the In Their Own Words Event, the Care Experienced Apprentice Netwo...
We’re Recruiting: NLCBF Business & Events Administrator
Do you have fantastic administration skills and want to make a difference to care experience...
Blog: In Their Own Words
In their own words: Care Experienced Young People ask senior policy and decision makers for ...
Children’s Commissioner Blog
We are so excited to be mentioned in the latest children’s commissioner blog after the...
In Their Own Words Event – We’re back for a 2nd year!
We are back with ‘In Their Own Words: Experiences & Insights from Care Experienced You...
NLCBF’s 22-23 Annual Report Published
We’ve just published our 2022-23 Annual Report, a short document that summarises the w...
YPBMF attend the Cross Ministerial Board
Victoria Odude and Liss Philips were invited to represent YPBMF & Warwickshire at the cr...
A Starting Guide for Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People in Care
The LGBTQ+ Youth in Care Network released a starting guide for supporting LGBTQ+ young peopl...
Government’s response to the care review: NLCBF Initial Response
We welcome the publishing of the government’s response to the Care Review, ‘Stable Homes...
National Apprenticeship Week: Key messages coming out of Care X Apprentice Network
6-11th February is National Apprenticeship Week. NLCBF’s Care X Apprentice Network have be...
NLCBF Releases new Cost of Living Report ‘Survival Is Not Easy’
NLCBF’s new Cost of Living report Survival Is Not Easy paints a stark picture of the crisi...
Berlin Blog
Hannah McCowen, NLCBF Manager, and Ralph Rushworth, Senior Care Experienced Sessional Worker...
Transitional Safeguarding Blog
Read all about the experiences of young people in the, Bridging the gap with Transitional Sa...
Cost of Living Report: August 2022
NLCBF have published a report about the impact that the cost of living is already having on ...
Blog: Setting the agenda
A Blog from Nat about our ‘In Their Own Words’ event.Here’s a blog from ...
YPBMF Co-Host event for Ofsted
Ralph, Joe, Luwam and Vicky, YPBMF Sessional workers co-hosted an event for Ofsted with othe...