In 2022 and 2024, over a thousand children and young people in Scotland with experience of care shared their views and experiences through the Bright Spots programme, established to help local authorities better understand the wellbeing of children in care and young care leavers in their local area and improve support.

Analysis by CELCIS and Coram Voice published in 2026 brings together data and the responses of children in care and young care leavers from across the six local authority areas that piloted the Bright Spots programme for the first time in Scotland.

This report and summary - Your Life Beyond Care: The views of care leavers - on their wellbeing provides a snapshot of these first-hand experiences over a three-month period in 2022 and three-month period in 2024, revealing what affects the wellbeing of young care leavers between the ages of 16 and 26, including their relationships, trust, safety and health.

 

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