“Aspire To More” is a creative project funded by JRF in partnership with the Children’s Rights and Advocacy Service which is part of CSES (Children’s services Education and Skills). Working in close partnership with “Show Me That I Matter” (SMTIM) a group of care experienced young people also known as (CiCC) York’s Children in Care…
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“Aspire To More” project sparks into life
The Aspire To More team met for the first time at West Offices to launch our new raising aspirations project. The project is designed to give young people the opportunity to meet successful care leavers who have overcome adversity to build positive and inspiring lives. After checking in and exploring the project aims the team got…
Danny shares his life story
The next role model to grace the project with their story is Danny. Danny went into care when he had just turned 14 years of age. Amy composed the interview and Danny warmed to the task, it was a really honest and open conversation.Danny talked about his time in care with his brother Dean and how they…
Tracey
We are delighted to introduce Tracey – our latest inspiration role model. Tracey’s interview will be available later this evening but for now this is why Tracey has shared her experiences … I also want to be a positive role model to others in care who may think that they have no choice due to…
ADCS – An amazing experience
On Friday the sixth of July, myself and Amy headed to Manchester via the train to close the ADCS (Association of Directors of Children’s Services) conference! Now this was a 3 day overnight stay conference for all of the professionals that had attended from the start, and me and Amy had been given an amazing…
Benjamin Perks
We are absolutely delighted to be able to share with you today an interview with Benjamin Perks. In his interview Ben talks about his experiences, challenges and the difference one teacher made to his life. Ben’s interview can be read in full here I had an amazing teacher when I was 15. I was on…
Jerome
Jerome Harvey-Agyei is 28 and originally from east London, he is the co- founder of the Tope project , a volunteer run, youth led project, aiming to combat loneliness for care-experienced young people. Jeromes interview is available to read here
Liam Hill!
Liam is one of most recent role models. He is the CEO & Founder of a social enterprise called Voice for Children (www.voiceforchildren.org.uk). Liam’s interview can be found here.
