Care

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
Care system

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
Dr Jackie Gray

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’
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’

The number of unpaid carers has increased massively, as the social care system approaches ‘breaking point’.

How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
Josh

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
Social care

‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban

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Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong
Munya Radzi

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
Care 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’
Adoption

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

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’
Unpaid carers

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
Kinship care

‘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’
Adoption

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can’t wait till 2028 for the government to act
Mikey Erhardt

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can’t wait till 2028 for the government to act

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

I’m in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home
Rose

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’
My Big Year

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
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
Ric Flo and Judith Denton

‘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
Lin Coghlan and Jim Pope

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!’
TV

Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’

My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn’t disabled enough
Care experience

My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn’t disabled enough