Care
Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness

Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness
Kinship care supports thousands of children raised by relatives when parents can’t look after them — but what happens when they turn 18? Honey Alma, raised in kinship care, explains
Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
More than one in 10 kinship carers, who have taken in young family members, are concerned they won’t be able to continue caring for their kinship children in the next year
The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up
How we feel in certain clothes can radically improve our mood, confidence, and even our cognitive performance
Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban

‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban
Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong
‘Children in care shouldn’t be a route to profit’: Baroness Lola Young on privatisation of children’s homes

‘Children in care shouldn’t be a route to profit’: Baroness Lola Young on privatisation of children’s homes
These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they’re ‘invisible’

Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they’re ‘invisible’
‘Love alone doesn’t pay the bills’: Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty

‘Love alone doesn’t pay the bills’: Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty
James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’
Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
I’m in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home

I’m in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’

Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care

‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
‘Turning trauma into triumph’: This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system

‘Turning trauma into triumph’: This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that
Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’
