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Digital storage keeps children’s memories safe

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Cloud-based system allows care-experienced children and young people to safely store important photos and documents digitally so the valuable personal memories can be accessed at any time in the future.
Up to 15,000 young people could be using Virtual Memory Box by the end of the year. Picture: Odua/Adobe Stock
Up to 15,000 young people could be using Virtual Memory Box by the end of the year. Picture: Odua/Adobe Stock

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Virtual Memory Box is an innovative digital solution that enables children and young people in care and care-leavers to safely store their precious memories online.

The project was designed in response to research that found care-experienced young people could have had their possessions misplaced, damaged or stolen over the course of multiple placements.

The findings from the study carried out by South Tyneside Council suggested ways in which technology could help address these issues that specifically affect children in care.

“There were care-experienced adults who said they had large gaps in their knowledge from their time in care – and the state of their physical memory boxes meant they really didn’t have much to show for it,” explains Christian Brock, managing director of Virtual Memory Box.

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