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Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’
Books

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’

Seventy-five years on from the Festival of Britain, Jacqueline Wilson is returning to the Southbank Centre with the Imagine festival

I dreaded turning 18 as a care leaver. There is a cliff-edge which leaves us without support
Alfie-James Waring

I dreaded turning 18 as a care leaver. There is a cliff-edge which leaves us without support

Alfie-James Waring, a care-experienced consultant at Coram Voice, writes about the reality of leaving the care system aged 18

Care leavers face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’
Care leavers

Care leavers face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’

Coram surveyed 27,000 children in care and young care leavers across the country between 2015 and 2024, finding that more than a quarter are struggling financially

‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
Social Justice

‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?

Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’
Care leavers

Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’

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Shocking number of children in care live without consistent love and support of an adult
Lisa Harker

Shocking number of children in care live without consistent love and support of an adult

‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family
Supported lodgings

‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family

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

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

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters

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
Clair Graham

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
Care 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
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’

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’

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

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’
Care leavers

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’
Music

Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’

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