Local Offer for Care Leavers

This is the guide that all local authorities are required to provide you with. It contains information about the services and support that Care Leavers are entitled to and able to access within their local authority.

We will update this information regularly as new services and entitlements are agreed.

Goal 2: Build Strong Relationships

It’s important to have people who support you during tough times and celebrate your successes. Here are some ways we can help you build strong relationships:

  • Stay in Touch: We will keep in touch with you until you turn 25, even if you don’t need our services anymore.
  • Special People: We will help you stay in contact with people who are special to you, like family, friends, and other important people (like your old foster carer or an independent visitor). Your Social Worker or Personal Advisor can talk with you about this.
  • Visitors and Mentors: If you are under 18, we can connect you with an independent visitor. If you are up to 25, we can link you with different mentors.
  • Care Leavers Hub: This is a friendly place where you can meet with your Social Worker or Personal Advisor. You can also join group activities and workshops with other Care Leavers. The Hub also hosts support groups for young people who are LGBTQ+, young parents or Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People.
  • Care Leavers Forum: You can join this group, which meets every month. It’s a great way to make lasting friendships and get support even after leaving care.
  • Youth Activities: You can join different activities and opportunities offered by Enfield Youth Service, which are open to all young people living in Enfield.
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  • Support: You can access this befriending service for young people in care up to the age of 18 through ACTION FOR CHILDREN
  • Phone: 0300 123 2112
  • Website: www.actionforchildren.org.uk
  • Support: there are currently different schemes we are working with that can support you with a specialist mentor depending on your circumstances. Please have a chat with your Social Worker or Personal Advisor to gather more information. 
  • Inspiring Young Enfield (IYE) Mentoring to Succeed is an initiative provided through Enfield Youth Services designed to provide quality mentoring and youth activities to young people in need. Their commitment is to offer dedicated mentoring programme to assist young people facing challenging circumstances in reaching their full potential.
  • Referral: please discuss with your Social Worker or Personal Advisor or email the Project Manager at yemi.akinfenwa@enfield.gov.uk
  • Website: youthenfield.taptub.co.uk

The Care Leavers Section of this website has two different sub-sections with specific information on Enfield’s Care Leavers Hub and the Care Leavers Forum that you can check.

  • Get in touch: Do you want to know more about our Hub or how to get involved with Enfield’s Care Leavers Forum? You can contact Maxeen on:
  • Phone: 0208 132 2464/07356185102
  • Website: maxeen.messam@enfield.gov.uk
  • Support: Enfield has five Youth Centres where you can access a range of exciting opportunities and positive activities to engage in.
  • Contact person: Talisha Anderson-Wright- Senior Youth Development Manager
  • Phone: 0208 132 2783/0752 151 362
  • Website: youthenfield.taptub.co.uk
Relate
  • Support: whether it’s your relationship with a partner, a child, a family member or anyone else, this online service can help you to build better relationships. 
  • Website: www.relate.org.uk
Become
  • Support:  Become’s life coaches could help you to take control over your life and make changes that are important to you.
  • Tel: 0800 023 2033
  • Email: advice@becomecharity.org.uk
  • Website: becomecharity.org.uk
Sisters System
  • Support for females only:  They provide a pathway to break through the many barriers faced by young women enabling them to fulfil their potential and become socio-economically mobile. They offer a wide range of programs including mentoring.
  • Referrals: via their website.
  • Website: www.sistersystem.org
Mosaic Trust
  • Support for LGBTQ+ young people:  This service focuses on supporting, educating and inspiring young people who identify as LGBTQ. You will be supported by other LGBTQ+ professionals and young people who understand the unique challenges, difficulties and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community.
  • Tel: 0300 800 5428/07550 124 393
  • Email: welcome@mosaictrust.org.uk
  • Website: www.mosaictrust.org.uk
Solace
  • Support for females only: If you are worried about your safety, suffer abuse from your partner or you are concerned that you or a friend may be in danger, you can speak to someone on Solace’s Advice Line.
  • Phone: 0808 802 5565
  • Website: www.solacewomensaid.org
Lighthouse
  • Support for females only: they offer refuge for women, young people and children who are fleeing an abusive situation.
  • Advice Line: 01473 228 270
  • Website: www.lighthousewa.org.uk
ABIANDA
  • Support for females only: One-to-one, group work, and job opportunities for young women affected by criminal exploitation and violence.
  • Website: www.abianda.com
National Domestic Abuse Helpline
  • Support for females only: a female adviser will listen to you in confidence, empower you to understand your options, and support you in making decisions about the future. The adviser can help you find a refuge place or other specialist services.
  • Phone: 24 hours a day every day on 0808 2000 247
  • Website: www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk
ManKind Initiative
  • Support for males only: providing practical advice, information, signposting and emotional support to victims or concerned friends and family members.
  • Phone: 01823 334244
  • Website: mankind.org.uk
Rape Crisis
  • Support: providing local and specialist services to victims and survivors of all forms of sexual violence and abuse.
  • Phone: 0808 500 2222
  • Website: rapecrisis.org.uk
ECPAT UK
  • Support on offer for young people living in London who may have been exploited or recognized as victims of trafficking. 
  • Referral: can only be made by your Social Worker or Personal Advisor
  • Website: www.ecpat.org.uk
Safer London
  • Support for young people to live free from gangs, exploitation, and crime.
  • Phone: 020 7021 0301 and choose option 1.
  • Website: saferlondon.org.uk
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