Quotes from Young people on the project

Our HP is amazing and the first Cohort are happily living in their own homes. The HP experience is amazing and I would highly recommend
I’ve grown a lot as a person, I’m happy, I have a home. I’m doing well for myself. I have great plans for my future and life is exciting

The HP has been an amazing experience for me as I have come so far in the last 7 months of working with the HP

I would recommend the HP to anyone who would be willing to do the things needed to get your own home
Being in the HP has really helped me get where I am
I am so grateful for getting my flat, I was shocked they had the key for me

Young people at the heart of decision making

Their collective views and ideas drive the development of all House Projects through the Care Leavers National Movement. They meet on a regular basis to share good practice, talk about and find solutions to any challenges they are facing and to suggest new ways of doing things. They work hard, have fun and their views make a real difference to how young people leave care and move into their own homes.

Being a CLNM rep allows you to grow personally and professionally. I would never have thought 12 months ago I would be standing and delivering at a conference, that I helped organize, in front of 200 people

Latest News

Latest News

House Projects in Scotland event - March 2024
House Projects in Scotland event - March 2024

We were delighted to be joined by Natalie Don, The Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise, Fraser McKinlay, CEO of The Promise Scotland and Heather Coady, an Independent Consultant, who share a passion and commitment to changing the system for people in, and leaving, care in Scotland. Not only did they address the conference but they got to hear from Local House Project staff and young people on how they are working together to improve the way in which young people leave care and how this meets the commitments made in The Promise in 2020.   

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Newsletter January 2024
Newsletter January 2024

Is it too late to wish you all a Happy New Year? Our last newsletter covered the first half of 2023, so we are taking this opportunity to share all the fantastic things that we have been up to in the second half of the year and what we have coming up in 2024.

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A message from our CEO January 2024
A message from our CEO January 2024

Last year we celebrated our 5th Birthday and whilst this was a great opportunity to reflect on our collective and individual achievements, we soon set about setting our vision for the next 10 years, and the strategy to get us there. Increasing our reach to more young people both by spreading and diversifying in local authorities where there is already an existing Local House Project (LHP) and scaling to new LAs is key whilst at the same time improving our offer by acting on the insights of young people, colleagues and independent evaluations.  

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