The Care Leavers’ Association (CLA) is a user led, grassroots Charity campaigning for improved practice and effective policy change for care leavers. Over the last decade the CLA have worked to bring to the attention of policy makers the needs of care leavers within criminal justice settings who had become a forgotten about and pretty much invisible group. Part of the work of the CLA has been to hold a series of regional and national roundtables, which have brought together key stakeholders from the statutory and voluntary sectors, working at operational and strategic decision making level within health, justice and social care.
The CLA recently held a series of these roundtable across the Yorkshire & Humber region, with 126 delegates attending three events and outlining recommendations for change. The report of this work is attached.
Key objectives of this outcome focused work aimed to:
The report forms the basis of a working paper and the recommendations within it, which have been taken from the roundtable discussions, have contributed to the basis of an action plan presented to and taken forward by:
Written by Darren Coyne - Contact: darren.coyne@careleavers.com
You can learn more about the CLA and its work within the criminal justice system at The Care Leavers' Association/Criminal Justice