Social 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
Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
‘We as a society have failed to support disabled children and their families’
Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’
Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’
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’
Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it’s facing an urgent financial crisis
Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it’s facing an urgent financial crisis
‘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
Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both
Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both
Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we’re just left to get on with it
Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we’re just left to get on with it
New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children
New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children
Reform councillor describing some children in care as ‘evil’ proves how broken the system really is
Reform councillor describing some children in care as ‘evil’ proves how broken the system really is
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’
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’
Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers’ rights
Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers’ rights
One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes
One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes
Migrant care worker left homeless after being ‘exploited’ UK employer: ‘It’s a national scandal’
Migrant care worker left homeless after being ‘exploited’ UK employer: ‘It’s a national scandal’
My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers
My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers
Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
The hidden impact of Labour’s disability benefit cuts – from carer’s allowance to railcards
The hidden impact of Labour’s disability benefit cuts – from carer’s allowance to railcards
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’ve been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me
I’ve been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me
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’
All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
