Care Leavers’ transition(s) into adulthood

The National House Project (NHP) has a mission to help care leavers live connected and fulfilling lives. The approach that the NHP takes to supporting care leavers has been codesigned and coproduced with young people, who have joint ownership of their Local House Project (LHP). NHP works with 21 local authorities (England & Scotland) and 710 young people, to date. NHP is working collaboratively with IMPACT to explore how best to support care experienced people aged 25+ in their transition(s) to adulthood, improving access to preventative, holistic support to prevent crisis.

This project is based across two Local House Projects (LHPs) in Fife and Coventry, but aims to generate new approaches relevant across the four nations.

Rhiann McLean

Senior Strategic Improvement Coach, Stirling University

I joined IMPACT because I am passionate about evidence-informed practice and co-production in 2023, and initially worked on a project about Personal Assistant wellbeing in Scotland. I started my career as a support worker before joining the world of research and evidence impact to improve outcomes for people who use Scotland’s health and social care services. 

Mandy Andrew

Senior Strategic Improvement Coach, University of Sheffield

I am a registered nurse by background and expert facilitator specialising in change management and organisational development, with extensive experience leading change and transformational programmes in both local and complex national organisations at home and abroad. My experience includes collaborative cross sector partnerships across health, social care, public, private and voluntary sectors. Involving people and communities at the centre to support transformation through innovation, creatively and assets-based approaches.