Read the June ALDCS SEND Bulletin with key updates on ongoing projects and exciting opportunities to join the LIIA Team!
ALDCS officially launch the London Children's Services Practice Spotlight Digital Resource Area! This is a very special resource that houses over 100 examples of practice shared by London Local Authorities and partners, enabling stakeholders and partners to directly engage directly with examples of practice and those leading the work.
The Big Conversation is the second release of The Big Listen, a workforce research project led collaboratively by the London Innovation & Improvement Alliance (LIIA) and the South East Sector Led Improvement Programme (SESLIP). The research includes a survey and a series of focus groups. Its purpose is to affect change with and not…
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An Inspiring Day at the London Children's Services Summit 2025. Stakeholders from across London came together for the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ALDCS) London Children's Services Summit 2025, celebrating Practice Spotlight and making the day a great success.
The SEND Workforce Fieldwork Report summarises the findings from fieldwork undertaken with London Local Authorities and includes individual case studies to represent the context associated with the key themes identified.
Read the March 2025 Adolescent Safeguarding & Youth Justice Leaders Newsletter.
Read the December 2024 Adolescent Safeguarding & Youth Justice Leaders Newsletter.
Members of the London Care Leavers Trust Board were delighted to meet with Minister Daby, the government Minister for Children and Families, to discuss the Pan London Care Leavers Compact and the government's national ambition for care leavers.
Our first ever in-person Your Choice Practice event for practitioners offered attendees the opportunity to engage in a variety of interactive workshops and brought together the expertise of practitioners in the delivery of Your Choice, hosted by London Improvement and Innovation Alliance (LIIA) and London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). London’s expert Your…
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Read the September 2024 Supporting London's Care Leavers Newsletter
March 2024
Your Choice webinar hosted by Hillingdon Council as part of Social Work England
October 2023

Your Choice Pilot Report Published
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) published the findings from the pilot trial of the London Young People Study.
Read the report here.
October 2021 – March 2022

Home Office phase
The Home Office funded the first phase of the Your Choice programme.









