care experience
Shocking number of children in care live without consistent love and support of an adult
Shocking number of children in care live without consistent love and support of an adult
Lisa Harker, director at the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, analyses new figures on supported accommodation and what they mean for children in care
‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family
‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family
During National Supported Lodgings Week, the Big Issue meets the people behind Concrete Rose CIC in Cambridge – the supported lodgings scheme matching young people without family to hosts with a spare room
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
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it
I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it
‘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
‘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’
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’
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
Growing up in care makes you 70% more likely to die young. As a Labour MP, I’ll work to change that
Growing up in care makes you 70% more likely to die young. As a Labour MP, I’ll work to change that
Help stop care leavers from falling into homelessness, Labour told: ‘People are suffering’
Help stop care leavers from falling into homelessness, Labour told: ‘People are suffering’
Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’
