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Foster Care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Foster care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

One of last year’s winners recalls the impact The Voices Creative Writing Competition run by Coram had on his life
Growing up in care makes you 70% more likely to die young. As a Labour MP, I'll work to change that
Josh MacAlister MP in the House of Commons
Josh MacAlister

Growing up in care makes you 70% more likely to die young. As a Labour MP, I'll work to change that

The Piano's Brad Kella: 'I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams'
Brad Kella
Music

The Piano's Brad Kella: 'I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams'

Children in kinship care are being pushed to breaking point. Change can't come soon enough
Kinship care

Children in kinship care are being pushed to breaking point. Change can't come soon enough

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18
Care leavers

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Care leaver Bayley Tubman with her 'aunties'
Care leavers

This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness

Should care experience be a protected characteristic? Care leavers speak out on status debate
A group of diverse people sit in a circle, in a support group formation
Children's social care

Should care experience be a protected characteristic? Care leavers speak out on status debate

Scotland's promise to care experienced children shows how politics can give us hope
a young child is hugged from behind by a parental figure
Susan Loughlin

Scotland's promise to care experienced children shows how politics can give us hope

Family court sees trauma every day. Here's how we can help struggling parents break the cycle
Teresa Thornhill

Family court sees trauma every day. Here's how we can help struggling parents break the cycle

How privatisation of foster care is turning vulnerable children into money-making commodities
Care

How privatisation of foster care is turning vulnerable children into money-making commodities

'This is the reality': Children in care being forced to move at Christmas to save councils money
teen walks away into nightime cityscape
Carolyne Willow

'This is the reality': Children in care being forced to move at Christmas to save councils money

200,000 people liked a picture of my Christmas tree. It was cool, but brought difficult memories
Christmas tree being decorated
Sophia Alexandra Hall

200,000 people liked a picture of my Christmas tree. It was cool, but brought difficult memories

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us
Employment

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here's an idea that gives them a fighting chance  
Illustration of two hands and a small person taking a key
Care leavers

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here's an idea that gives them a fighting chance  

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'
Si Mack performs his new show, kid, at BEAF Festival in Bournemouth.
real stories

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'

Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes
Belongings - a play that aims to challenge stigma faced by young people in care. Care Day
foster care

Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes
ohn Lewis Christmas advert: a young girl arriving at her new foster placement.
Marie-Claire Jones

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes

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