Dudley Council brought together young people, families, carers and professionals from across education, health and social care for a stakeholders’ engagement workshop to help shape the borough’s future support for young people preparing for adulthood.

Care experienced young people - who have spent time living in the care system, such as foster care, residential children's homes, or kinship care – from Dudley borough, have helped create a bold new brand identity for Dudley Care Experience Team, that puts their voices, experiences, and ambitions at the heart of the support available to them.

A new forum for Friends of Parks groups could soon be set up to bring together and support organisations which care for green spaces across the borough.