


Care Day

What is CARE DAY?
CARE DAY is the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience. This group includes children and young people who are or were cared for by foster carers, or other family members, and those who live in children’s homes. They deserve to be celebrated, on CARE DAY, and every day.
CARE DAY takes place on the third Friday of February, every year. |

Care Day 25 - Friday 21 February
We are delighted to announce our TENTH annual CARE DAY will take place on Friday 21 February 2025.
Care Day provides us a special day each year for children and young people with lived experience of care. We are working on the full schedule of activities and events for the celebration.
Care Day is all about celebrating and connecting young people with lived experience of care. This year, we want to recognise care experienced young people who have had a significant achievement, or who have made a contribution to their community.
Nominations are now closed. Winners will be announced on Care Day, Friday 21 February. For all the info, including how to book tickets for the Care Day Awards Ceremony, click here.
Hands Up for #CareDay25
We’re asking you to put your ‘Hands Up for Care Day’. This means writing #CareDay25 on the palm of your hand, then sharing a selfie of it on your social media channels, on Friday 21 February.

Care Day is all about connecting and celebrating the care experienced community. So, we want to show that there is support for young people with lived experience of care in every corner of the UK and Ireland, especially here in Northern Ireland.
When you share your photo, don’t forget to use #CareDay25 and tag VOYPIC in your post. Find us online at:
Facebook – www.facebook.com/voiceofyoungpeopleincare
Instagram – www.instagram.com/voypic
LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/company/voypic
And, starting on Care Day, we’ll be on Bluesky Social – bsky.app/profile/voypic.bsky.social