Libraries' work with care-experienced children & young people

Wednesday 4 March 2026, 3.00pm - 4.00pm

Delivered via Zoom

How can libraries play a meaningful role in supporting care-experienced children and young people? Join the Community, Diversity, and Equality Group (CDEG) for a practical and insightful session introducing John Vincent's new book from Facet Publishing: Libraries and Care-Experienced Children and Young People: A Practical Guide.

What we'll explore: 

>> How different types of libraries work with care-experienced young people and their families/carers

>> Practical strategies and examples you can apply in your own setting

>> Opportunities to ask questions and share ideas

This session is designed for anyone interested in inclusion and equity in library services. Whether you work in public, school, or specialist libraries, you’ll leave with actionable ideas to better support children and young people in care.

Speakers:

John Vincent

>>John has worked in the public sector since the 1960s as a children's and young people's librarian and senior >>manager. Networker for The Network - tackling social exclusion in libraries, museums, archives and galleries.
>>Chair of the CILIP Benevolent Fund, and a recipient of the CILIP CDEG Special Diversity Award.

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Community, Diversity and Equality Group aims to work towards development of a diverse library and information workforce; one that supports communities to achieve sustainable needs-based services.

Community, Diversity and Equality Group achieves these by:

• Providing a forum for progressive, socially responsible views on library and information issues.
• Supporting and advocating on behalf of library workers who believe that libraries are agents of social change, with the power to transform the lives of individuals and communities
• Developing partnerships and strategic alliances with voluntary and statutory organisations, nationally and internationally, engaged with libraries and the struggle for social justice.
• Conducting campaigns and raise wider awareness of library and information activities that promote social justice.
• Monitoring, evaluating and challenging our professional values, with special emphasis on embedding diversity and equality across all aspects of CILIP's work.
• Promoting and working to improve freedom of access to information.
• Promoting and working to improve accessibility of information in all formats.

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