Charter for care leavers

Thurrock's Local Offer

We're updating Thurrock's Local Offer during Care Leavers' Month, working collaboratively with care experienced young people, professionals and partner agencies to ensure it reflects the support, opportunities and information that matter most to them. The updated Local Offer will be published by Monday 21 December 2026.

If you are a young person, we'd like to hear from you. Complete our short form and help shape Thurrock's Local Offer.

We have a responsibility to children and young people in our care, and to our care leavers.

Our charter for care leavers was written jointly with a group of young people. It is a set of principles and promises to care leavers.

We will respect and honour your identity

We will:

support you to develop your own identity, respect your background and accept your culture and beliefs
treat you as an individual, taking into consideration your own values and personal needs

We will believe in you

We will:

support you to pursue your goals in whatever ways we can
believe in you, celebrate you and help you overcome limiting barriers

We will listen to you

We will:

respect and strive to understand your point of view
be honest with you and place your needs, thoughts and feelings at the heart of all decisions about you

We will support you

We will:

do our best to support you in achieving your goals, dreams and aspirations
provide you with the support that you require with education, training and employment to succeed in life

We will help you find a home

We will:

keep you safe and well by working alongside you to help you find the most appropriate place to live and prepare you for independent living
do everything we can to prepare you for a smooth transition to adulthood and help you to be where you want to be

We will inform you

We will:

point you in the right direction and journey alongside you at your own pace
help you to be the driver of your life and not the passenger