Corporate Parenting Strategy 2026-2031

Hertfordshire County Council has launched Your Care, Your Future: Our Corporate Parenting Strategy 2026–2031, which sets out our vision, values, and priorities for supporting care‑experienced children and young people. The five‑year timeframe reflects our commitment to providing stability and continuity during local government reorganisation.

When a child or young person comes into our care, Hertfordshire County Council becomes their corporate parent. However, corporate parenting is a shared duty across all partners, services, and professionals who play a role in a child’s life. By working together, we aim to create an environment where young people feel safe, supported, and equipped to thrive as they grow into adulthood.

The strategy is shaped by what young people told us matters most to them. Their insights have formed seven key priorities that will guide our work over the next five years: belonging, aspiration, confidence, wellbeing, stability, participation, and feeling protected.

Find out more and listen to care-experience young people’s message to us as corporate parents: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/corporateparentingstrategy