Creative Projects with Care-Experienced Children & Young People – TRAINING

Are you an artist or professional working with young people?

This year in the UK 38,792 children and young people will enter the care system*. In 2023, a total of 83,840 children and young people were looked after**.

This training will explore how creativity can support the wellbeing, personal and educational development of care-experienced children and young people.

Attendees will:

• be introduced to the policy / strategic context of the care system;
• unpack terminology around care and young people;
• discuss the benefits of creative work for care-experienced children and young people;
• consider aspects of good practice in working with care-experienced children and young people;
• explore practical approaches and creative ideas for the work.

Online Event: This training will take place online using Zoom. You will receive an email with the link. Please note – we do not record the sessions because of the sensitive nature of the topic.

Length: 3 hours

Ticket Cost:

• For attendees supported by their organisations the full price of a ticket is £40.00

• For freelancers and individuals from non-regularly funded organisations attendees the price of a ticket is £30.00

• For those on low or no income the ticket price is £18.00

We also have a small number of bursary places available for those with limited funds, please email info@collective-encounters.org.uk

Please Note: Ticket sales will end 24 hours before this event is due to start.

Access: This event will use live transcription. If you require BSL interpretation, please get in touch no later than two weeks before the event. If you have any other access requirements please email info@collective-encounters.org.uk

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*Home for Good: https://homeforgood.org.uk/statistics/care-leavers

**Direct Gov: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions