Contacts for care leavers

Contacts for services you may need

• Local Offer: The Council's Local Offer website
• Leaving care Team: 01244975926
• Out of Hours Team: 01244 977277
• Forfutures Housing: 0151 373 2523
• LAC Nurse: 01244 393338
• Youth Justice Service: 0345 145 0055
• Family Information Service: 0800 0852863
• Young Stonewall (supports and empowers young lesbians, gay, bi and trans people to live free from discrimination and fulfil their potential): www.youngstonewall.org.uk
• The Rees Foundation (offers financial support for care leavers in emergency situations involving eg. food, gas/electricity, transport): www.reesfoundation.org
• Care Leavers Foundation: www.thecareleaversfoundation.org
• Citizens advice. Website:https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
• Shelter offer (advice and guidance on housing matters, including advice specific to care leavers): 08088004444/ www.shelter.org
• Princes Trust offers 12 week Personal Development Programmes: 0800042842/ https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/help-for-young-people/programmes
• Care Leaver Covenant: mycovenant.org.uk