Pippa Joiner shares lessons learned from a project exploring how cultural provision can be extended to children and young people who are looked after by their local authority.
Children and young people who are looked after by their local authority, rather than their parents, are some of the most vulnerable groups in our society. Their attainment has been of great concern at both a national and local level and more support and resources are needed to help raise their achievement and wellbeing.
Through our Connecting Culture project, we are working in partnership with three other London boroughs (Kingston, Hounslow and Ealing) to explore how cultural provision can be extended to those children looked after who are placed out of borough to enable them to access culture locally. Our project aims to provide a new methodology for supporting the cultural needs of all children in care – in the place they live as well as where their roots are, irrespective of which Local Authority is responsible for them... Keep reading on A.N.D.
Children and young people who are looked after by their local authority, rather than their parents, are some of the most vulnerable groups in our society. Their attainment has been of great concern at both a national and local level and more support and resources are needed to help raise their achievement and wellbeing.
Through our Connecting Culture project, we are working in partnership with three other London boroughs (Kingston, Hounslow and Ealing) to explore how cultural provision can be extended to those children looked after who are placed out of borough to enable them to access culture locally. Our project aims to provide a new methodology for supporting the cultural needs of all children in care – in the place they live as well as where their roots are, irrespective of which Local Authority is responsible for them... Keep reading on A.N.D.