The motion, brought forward by Councillor Ben Kind, cabinet member for children and young people, was passed at a full council meeting on 25 January, after similar motions were passed at various councils across the UK.
CYP Now attended the meeting, with reporters live-tweeting the motion's progress.
Reporting for @cypnow from @lambeth_council tonight. @TerryGalloway will be addressing the council urging them to treat care experience as a protected characteristic #CareExperience #CEP pic.twitter.com/qEM2gr6K3U
Campaigner Terry Galloway urged councillors to support the motion, drawing on his own experience of the care system.
He told councillors that both he and his siblings were “abused in the system and nobody listened”, adding that he remembered telling his sister “that it would okay and we would change the care system together, and use the pain for good".
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