Looked After Children and Young People:
We Can and Must Do Better
Looked After Children and Young People
Website
Action 8 in Looked After Children and Young People: We
Can and Must Do Better states that a national
network and information website for professionals, foster
carers, residential workers, parents and looked after
children and young people will be developed. In partnership
with the Looked After Children Education Forum and Learning
and Teaching Scotland, the Website Working Group has
completed this work in that the site was launched on the 6th
May 2008 by Adam Ingram, Minister for Children and Early
Years, at a Corporate Parent event in East Lothian.
The aim of the website is to support improved outcomes for
all looked after children, young people and care leavers
through the provision of information, useful resources and
networking opportunities to those who support them and
others who have an interest in this area- including children
and young people as well as parents and carers.
Whilst the site is now live there are areas which are still
undergoing development. Your comments and suggestions for
improvement of the site are welcome and you are invited to
complete the comments box on the home page of the site with
your feedback.
The site also has a discussion forum area which is open to
anyone with an interest in supporting looked after children,
young people and care leavers. It provides a forum for
networking, discussion and sharing practice. If you are
interested in registering please follow the links on the
home page.
