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15 Oct 2020

Get involved in Greater Manchester Care Leavers' Week (2 - 6 November)

GM Care Leavers Week

For the past eight years the Greater Manchester Higher Network has held the Care Leaver Awards, which brings together young care leavers from across GM, celebrating their achievements with a lively awards ceremony.

Like many others this year, due to the COVID19 pandemic we are adapting to new and creative ways to deliver our event. Whilst an online celebration will never match the joy and excitement of us all meeting together in one building to celebrate the achievements of Greater Manchester care leavers, we are determined that COVID19 will not stop us from giving them the recognition and celebration that they deserve.

So we’re excited to announce our plans for a social media based Greater Manchester Care Leavers Week #GMCLW from Monday, 2 to Friday, 6 November.

We would welcome submissions from anybody and everybody who would like to celebrate a care leaver they know, either personally or professionally.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for pictures, videos, animation and short pieces of text (maximum 50 words) to illustrate and highlight the achievements and talents of care leavers over the past year. This could be anything from a young person securing an apprenticeship, to succeeding in sports to making positive changes to their life – the more creative and engaging the better! We are looking for submissions from professionals and young people.

How can they be submitted?

Please email submissions to:

Please include your name and/or place of work or local authority, and include the first name and local authority of the young person or persons.

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 21 October.

We also strongly encourage professionals and young people to join in throughout the week by sharing and retweeting social media posts congratulating the achievements of care leavers with the hashtag #GMCLW.

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