Work for Us Enquire to Foster Click here to read about our COVID-19 message Home > About us > Participation Participation Calling all Five Rivers Fostered children – I’m NEO the Five Rivers Children’s Participation Champion! Whenever you see me, you know I want to hear about what you are thinking and feeling. Here’s your chance to get involved with lots of stuff in Five Rivers What is Participation? Five Rivers’ Participation works with our children and young people to give them a voice in decisions relating to their own care, to enable them to contribute to their community and to help them express views on the things that are important for them. Our young people are keen to let the world know about their achievements. Read their stories below or check out our media channels: Soundcloud Vimeo Issuu Our Participation Principles Participation is ‘valued’ and the views of young people are taken seriously. All children are given the same opportunities to be included in decision making that affects their lives. Participation should be a Fun, Creative process and young people’s contribution is recognised and rewarded. Leaving Care We have a befriending service for young people aged 18-25 who have left Five Rivers’ care, including our partner agencies. The service is called Five Rivers Futures. Find out more about Five Rivers Futures. We also have a Post Care guide to provide information to young people leaving care. Read our Post Care guide. Achievements Stories of how we enable our young people to participate in decisions relating to their own care, and get their voices heard about the things that mean a lot to them. I went to Geneva to Defend Children’s Rights Read more... ‘I collected poems and pictures from young people in care’ Read more... I am part of the Five Rivers Youth Council Read more... I’ve helped train new foster carers. Read more... I’ve helped interview support workers. Read more... I took part in a training video for foster families Read more... Participation – I am a young proofreader Read more... ‘I helped change people’s views about children in care.’ Read more... ‘I shared my ideas with the Five Rivers Board’ – young person Read more... I’ve made a difference to children’s rights. Read more... Work Everything we do in our participation programmes is about to change. Change for the better. Young people’s interview with the Children’s Commissioner Read more... Young people’s poems about the importance of disclosure Read more... ‘Make a Difference production’ about Diversity Read more... Gloucester Young People Group raising money for Cancer Research Read more... We’re internet safety experts Read more... We’ve asked the board of Five Rivers to fund our campaign Read more... We’ve campaigned for children in care Read more... We’ve made a film: ‘The Masks We Wear’. Read more... Apply to Foster Do you feel you have the energy and true commitment to make a positive difference to a child’s or young person’s life? Apply to foster Fostering Residential Children’s Homes Assessment & Therapy Education Crisis Intervention Head Office Five Rivers Child Care Ltd, 47 Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UT Call us T: 01722 435750 F: 01722 435797 Five Rivers Child Care Ltd © 2021 ® Registered Trademark | All Rights Reserved | Policies | Sitemap Request a Call