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Social services bosses have pledged to act to improve the lives of young people in care after a research project came up with 37 recommendations. The consultation, carried out by three care leavers in the county, focused on how children in care felt about education, social work and their carers. Among its recommendations were that the young people should change placements as little as possible, and that more should be done to tackle bullying. It also recommended teaching children about the care system in school citizenship lessons, and ensuring children in care know how to access their files and the name of their legal guardian. Norfolk currently has 851 young people in care. After watching the three care leavers - Danielle Bullock, Mikey “Maka” Walker and Gareth Rashid - present their findings to an audience of social workers and other child-care professionals, Lisa Christensen, Norfolk County Council's director of children's services, promised to act on their recommendations. She told them: “We won't let this gather dust on the bookshelf - you have my word on that.” The work, entitled the Enlighten Project, has been conducted on behalf of the county council and funded by Aim Higher Norfolk. It was presented to an audience of social workers, foster carers, children in care and councillors at The Garage, Chapel Field North, Norwich. The researchers sent fliers to all those in care in the county and had responses from 25 people who wanted to be involved.
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