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Who We Are

What is Jersey Cares?

We are an organisation for, and by, people with experience of care, and friends who care about this issue. Our vision is love, belonging and opportunity for people with experience of care.

We are an independent organisation. We listen to you and make sure the people who make decisions about your life listen to what matters to you. You are our boss and we will only share what you want us to. This is called ‘advocacy’.

You might live on-island or off-island, be aged seven or seventy. It doesn’t matter, we can help you.

What do you mean by 'experience of care'?

We use the words ‘experience of care’ to describe children, young people and adults who are currently or have been ‘looked after’ whether for a short time or a lifetime. This means you live or did live in/with:

Foster care

Residential care

Supported accommodation

‘Secure’ care

Mums and/or dads but have a social worker

Extended family or friends

If you aren’t sure whether or not we can help you – please ask!

How can Jersey Cares help?

We can help in many different ways:

Advocacy

Listening to what matters to you, we make sure you know your rights, that you are heard and that people respond.

Community

Listening to what you like, we organise fun activities and provide ways for people in the community to help.

Influencing

Listening to what you want to change, we create opportunities to drive those changes. These are creative and fun!

Having a voice: that’s what changes things.

Who We Are

I like what you do because you are really independent.

Who We Are

30 September, 2024

Government Fund for Adults with Experience of Care

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Carly
Carly Glover
CEO

It is a privilege to hold this role with Jersey Cares. It breaks my heart that children can move from a tricky situation at home to a ‘system’ where too often bureaucracy and processes don’t leave enough room for a secure childhood. There are great examples of tenacious people who help create such a childhood and we need to learn from those examples just as we need to acknowledge and address the repetitious and predictable flaws in the current ‘system’.

I believe fervently that it is possible, here in Jersey, for ‘care’ to be excellent. It is my strongest hope that Jersey Cares is a catalyst for more people to support more children to be loved and cared for and that ‘care’, in Jersey, is shaped by deep reflection on lived experience.

I have worked in community development for 20 years; 10 of those in leadership roles. I’ve worked with people experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, struggling with literacy and being a parent and co-created projects with people affected by these issues. I hold a Post-graduate certificate and a Masters in Community Education from the University of Edinburgh.

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