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Celebrating care experienced young people in We Care Week 2025

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We Care Week returns in 2025 for another action-packed celebration 

We Care Week is our annual celebration of care experienced young people and foster carers across the city. It is a time to recognise, uplift and amplify the voices of those with lived experience of care, and the incredible foster families who support them.

This year’s events were a vibrant and heartfelt display of creativity, resilience and community. Our spaces were transformed with craft workshops, dance parties and sensory play groups, as well as games and live performances, (and even a modelling workshop led by Aardman) in a vibrant celebration of the young peoples’ creativity and achievements.

One of the highlights was the Care Leavers Showcase. Our Care Leavers took to the Weston Stage with an intimate set of original songwriting, pop favourites, and moving spoken word and poetry, all inspired by their own experiences and journeys.

The showcase formed part of Hope Creative, our award-winning programme of music activities for care experienced young people and was just one example of the powerful and expressive moments that defined the week.

The 5-day celebration also involved a special event for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker children including craft-making, music, dancing, games and food. Fostars, our Foster Carer Choir also had their own celebration in Lantern Hall which  included moving speeches and the sharing of gifts. Electric americana-folk artist Lady Nade and local big band Dysfunktional also performed a live set to kick off the party!

A heartfelt thank you to all of our performers, music tutors, partners and supporters who made We Care Week possible.

Photography by Jessie Myers

 

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We Care Week is a powerful celebration of creativity and community, that puts the voices of Care Experienced Young People at the heart of it. At Bristol Beacon, we believe in the power of music and creativity to connect and uplift everyone, and We Care Week is a highlight in our year for showcasing the brilliant young people we get to work with as well as celebrate the amazing foster carers in the city”

Adam Kent, Director of Creative Learning & Engagement

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