Barnardo's: LifeLabs

Barnardo’s, the UK charity, partnered with IKEA to create a set of multimedia resources helping care-leavers in Devon lead more independent lives, resulting in high reach and a national roll-out.

Executive summary

Leaving care without a safety net is hard, and it's what most young care-leavers face. With few friends or family, and little support, they have no safe space to fail - no opportunities to try, discuss and learn how to live independently.

Barnardo's wanted to address this issue through a pilot project with their Plymouth Care Journeys' service, aimed at over 800 17-21 year-olds in, or leaving, the care system in Plymouth.

This was Barnardo's objective:

How can we empower care experienced young people to get the right support to develop the skills needed to start living more...

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