Dame Rachel de Souza shares stories from care leavers in Plymouth about their experiences of the children’s social care system and puts forward ideas to improve life for children in care in a new blog published at the start of Care Leavers' Week (25 - 31 October).
In the blog, De Souza reveals “extremely serious issues” shared by care leavers including “children separated from siblings they would never see again; children made to stay at home, stigmatised and bereft as their foster families went on holiday with their birth children”.
“Recent care leavers described periods of homelessness as if it was routine. None of this is acceptable,” she adds.
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