Law / Police

You are legally entitled to have a Personal Adviser from Children’s Services at your local council to support you between the ages of 16 and 25. You should contact them if you’re having problems.

Find your local council and ask for Children’s Services https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council

If you need help from somewhere else then contact one of these organisations:

• Citizens Advice https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/contact-us/contact-us/

• Just For Kids Law (provides 24 hour helpline if you have been taken to a police station) https://www.justforkidslaw.org/contact-us/

• Youth Justice Legal Centre (provides advice on all legal matters involving young people such as what happens at police interviews) http://www.yjlc.uk/advice-line/advice-children-young-people-and-their-families

Legal advisers who can help with your problems with things like housing and if you feel something that’s happened to you is unfair or abusive, including sexual abuse

• Coram Voice https://coramvoice.org.uk

• National Youth Advocacy Service https://youngpeople.nyas.net/index.php/get-in-touch/nyas-helpline

Accessing your care records

https://www.careleavers.com/what-we-do/access-to-records/accessing/