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For our final Good News Friday of the year, Davina and I thought we’d take a look back at some of the highlights of 2023. We held a lot of activities for our young people, and these included reptile shows, summer picnics, our 8th Birthday events at outdoor activity centres, Halloween walks and of course, …

Over the past year some of our young people in Essex have had the opportunity to attend Equine therapy. This can develop skills such as communication, self-control, problem solving and accountability as well as improving your self-esteem, empathy, flexibility, and independence. Building a connection and relationship with the horse can help to address issues of …

The relationship between siblings is one of the most important relationships within a child’s life, and we work hard to support and promote this relationship where possible. Recently we had a young person join us, following a separation of his siblings and entering care for the first time. A few months later, we were asked …

One of our social work assistants started working with a young person weekly to focus on positive relationships, feelings, and online safety. We started the Real Love Rocks project in April, this project focuses on feelings, bodies, brains, positive and healthy relationships, and online safety. At this time, the young person did not want to …

My foster carer takes me to dance lessons every Monday after school. I like dancing because I make awesome dances and get to go to competitions. At my last competition, I came third out of thirteen! I was surprised in a good way, and I was given a medal to wear around my neck. I …

We have been Foster Carers for nearly 7 years and fostered children of many different ages. We have cared for two babies who have gone on to be adopted, and both experiences were very different. When the outcome of court is that children are going to be adopted, you have the hardest part in saying goodbye …

For this week’s Feel Good Friday, we are celebrating the awe-inspiring creativity of one of our young people. Mary has an incredible eye for fine detail in art and crafts. She is currently working towards her Art GCSE and is excelling in her textiles in particular. Her love of the characters from Alice in Wonderland …

At Young People at Heart, each registration has Social Work Assistants who do a lot of behind-the-scenes work, which includes a number of things like organising our events, coffee mornings, arranging the welcome boxes, writing the newsletters, attending meetings, assisting the Supervising Social Workers and more. But it’s safe to say that the best part …

This feel-good Friday we are celebrating National Care leavers Week. An 18th Birthday is a celebration for most teenagers, but it can be a worrying time for the 10,000 young people in the UK leaving care who suddenly become independent. Before they can be independent, we need to give children in care opportunities to be …