Consultant to the independent evaluation of the New Belongings (NB) Programme, commissioned by Department of Education
NB is working with over 25 local authorities to bring the principles and concepts of Access All Areas and the Charter for Care Leavers to a local level and embed these into local services to reduce the sense of long term isolation often expressed by care leavers.
NB looks at how local authorities can better create services which are fully integrated, easily accessed, and which respect care leavers as individuals, developing young adults and full members of community and society.
The independent evaluation, commissioned by the DFE, explores the ways in which NB is developing and operating across the local authorities and the impact upon care leavers.