A recent conference brought together dozens of people aged between 15 and 80 to discuss their experiences of the care system.
The event, held at Liverpool Hope University and funded by charities and donations, aimed to give care-experienced people a platform to explain to policymakers and children's services leaders how the care system needs to change.
More than 170 people attended the care experience conference, which was organised by a group of campaigners chaired by Ian Dickson.
Here, Dickson explains the motivation for the conference, while attendee Mark Riddell, the government's care leavers tsar, identifies the key messages from it and what now needs to happen.
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