Care Matters

Hampshire’s aspirations for children in care are no less than those each parent has for their own children. We aim to create a care system that provides every child with a safe, happy, secure and loving childhood, nurturing their aspirations and enabling them to fulfil their potential.

The Care Matters project objectives are ambitious but achievable:

• Exercise excellent corporate parenting
• Set high aspirations for children in care including the engagement of children in school, good attendance and performance
• Ensure stable relationships for children in care and in school
• Listen to the voice of the child
• Secure improvements against the national performance indicators for children in care and compared to their peer group
• Monitor and evaluate progress via an effective performance framework with dynamic use of data and the inspection template for children in care

A Pledge has been agreed with young people in care that sets out how Hampshire County Council are going to improve key issues that are important to them.

View the information for children in care web pages.