Foster Care

How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama
TV

How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama

The Death In Paradise spin-off delivers the expected warmth, wit and mysteries, but Kris Marshall reveals how he drew on real-life stories for the show’s ongoing and complex exploration of what family means

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

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

Labour MP Josh MacAlister is the author of the 2022 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. He tells Big Issue how he’s channelling this experience into his new role

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

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‘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

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
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
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
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
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
Sophia Alexandra Hall

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

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

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

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes
Marie-Claire Jones

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