Welcome to the Care Leavers voice page.

This is a space for all Care Leavers to have their say and find useful information.

Have you heard about CLAB?

CLAB is the Care Leavers Advisory Board. Our group has been created to enable change led by young people who are care experienced.

What are we working on?

We run multiple campaigns throughout the year, alongside projects, training and events. Our main focuses in 2025 are:

• Trauma Informed Training Action Plan
• Our End of Care Cliff Edge Campaign

How can I get involved?

CLAB run campaigns, projects and surveys throughout the year.

You can participate through this page or on our Instagram and TikTok.

Alternative Formats and Accessibility

If you require any of the information for this project in an alternative format, please contact one of the 'Who's Listening' contacts provided on the right-hand side. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have a BT Relay UK app (opens in new window) installed on your computer, tablet, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on t us on 18001 0330 222 3314 or 18001 0330 222 3085. The BT Relay UK App has now replaced the NGT texting app.

For more information about the accessibility of this website, please see our Accessibility tab (opens in new window) at the foot of the page.

Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon.

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us at haveyoursay@westsussex.gov.uk(External link).

Data Protection/Privacy Notice

The Voice and Participation team will use this questionnaire to collect personal and special category data the processing of which is necessary to enable us to be compliant with the law (general well-being duties), and for reasons of substantial public interest. The data will be processed in accordance with the 2018 Data Protection Act, the General Data Protection Regulations, and any subsequent data protection legislation. The data we collect be securely stored and kept for period of up to 2 years before being appropriately destroyed. The data we will collect will not be used for any other purpose than that stated above without your prior written consent. West Sussex County Council is registered as Data Controller (Reg. No. Z6413427). For further details and information about our Data Controller, please see www.westsussex.gov.uk/privacy-policy.