Social care
Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’
Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’
Thousands of adults who grew up in the care system are still struggling to access the files that explain their childhood. Now the Information Commissioner’s Office is stepping in, warning councils that long delays and ‘cold bureaucracy’ must end
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
Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: ‘It’s so cruel’
Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: ‘It’s so cruel’
I’m a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world
I’m a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world
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 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
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
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
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’
Hundreds of care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here’s what happened
Hundreds of care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here’s what happened
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
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
