We have recently installed a new display in The Wall @ Create café display space. We are very proud to be hosting the We are… exhibition by the Children in Care Council.
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| The We are... exhibition in Create café |
We are... features work produced by and on behalf of care-experienced young people
from the Wakefield District.
Children live in
care away from their birth families for many reasons. This can cause
significant trauma and barriers.
We Are… is
an invitation to listen, understand, and stand together with the young people
of our care-experienced community.
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| One of the artworks on display |
The Children in Care Council:
- Work with adults to help them understand and support young people
- Co-produce celebration events such as the Care4Us Awards and Care Leavers’ Week
- Enjoy a range of participation activities
Get to know the
young care-experienced community in their video introducing the We are…
exhibition.
Some of the photos
in the display show the young people taking part in forest-based activities
with Countryside Officers. They also planted flowers and created spider
habitats.
At Pontefract
Castle, the young people worked with our team to design and deliver an exciting
escape room activity.
They even created
a time capsule that is now buried at Pontefract Castle. It contains a record of
the work they’ve done to challenge stereotypes about children in care. When
it’s opened in 100 years, people will find out about the young people’s
identities, their hopes and dreams.
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| The time capsule ready to be buried at Pontefract Castle |
During the activities, the group also discuss different topics that matter to them. These include the importance of siblings getting to grow up together and the role of good and bad rules in their lives.
They made a series of short films exploring these issues:
Visit the We are… display in the Wall @ Create Café
space, inside Wakefield One, until 16 May 2025.
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