The Black Care Experience Conference 2026

About Our Conference

In 2022, we centred our first Conference around a United Call to Action to Improve the Care, Outcomes and Life Chances of Black Children and Young People in Children’s Social Care. From here we saw the need for the workforces to know how to raise and care for Black Children and Young People in their Care, which led to Conference 2023 The Culturally Competent Workforce.

With research stating that Black Children and Young People in Care have the poorest outcomes and life chances in comparison to any other ethnic group in the Care System, in 2024 we explored the solutions of how to make a difference, with our Conference theme Changing The Narrative Together, Is Love Really Enough?!, which then brought us to our 2025 Conference, themed Now Do You See Us?! – now do you see the barriers we have to overcome in order to achieve.

Putting the pieces of each Conference together, in 2026 we’ll embark on a journey to empower our Conference Delegates to see how as a diverse community, coming together like pieces of a puzzle and playing our part in our respective roles, we can help to improve the Care, Outcomes and Life Chances of Black Children and Young People in Care.

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE

EARLY BIRD TICKETS are available now and for the entire month of October 2025.

And in the month of October 2025 keep a look out here or on our Social Media platforms for announcements for who will be our Workshop Hosts, our Keynote Speaker and more!!

Tickets

• Early Bird Tickets £45.50 (from 1st October 2025 - 31st October 2025)
• General Admission Tickets £55.50 (from 1st November 2025 - 28th March 2026)
• FREE for our Black Care Experienced and Non Black Care Experienced Care Leavers (age 17 and above)

WHO CAN ATTEND OUR CONFERENCE

• Black Care Experienced and Non Black Care Experienced Care Leavers (age 17 and above)
• Children’s Social Care Workforce (Directors, Managers, Social Workers, Foster Carers, Local Authority Virtual School, Independent Reviewing Officers, Residential Children’s Home Staff and Providers, Anti Racist Practice Leads, Looked After Child Nurse) To support your Ongoing Professional Development.
• Voluntary Sector Workforce, Legal Practitioners and Researchers within Children’s Social Care Sector. To support your Ongoing Professional Development.

Please Note: The Conference WILL NOT be Live Streamed | The Conference WILL NOT be available to view after the Event.

About The Black Care Experience

The Black Care Experience was formed in 2020 to campaign and provide solutions on how to improve the care, outcomes and life chances of Black Children and Young People in Children’s Social Care and keep them connected to their Culture, Identity and Heritage as they journey through the Care System.

The aim of our Workshop Style Conference is to bring the Black Care Experienced and those who work in the Children’s Social Care Sector together, to build on our mission of learning how to create a better care experience for the current and next black and in care generation.

Being Black, we define as a Child and Young Person whose Ethnic Origin is either African, Caribbean including Mixed Race with African or Caribbean Heritage.

The Care Experience we define as being in Foster Care or in a Residential Children's Home.

More information about The Black Care Experience can be found here.

WANT TO MAKE A DONATION?

If you believe in our cause and want to Donate towards our Conference and our ongoing mission of helping to shape a better care experience for Black Children and Young People in Care, feel free to do so via this link.

THANK YOU in advance for choosing to support our cause.

We look forward to seeing you at The Black Care Experience Conference 2026!

Come and be a part of the CHANGE!