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Looked-after children: Campaign for role models begins

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A National Voice will launch a campaign to provide role models for children in care next month.

The campaign will aim to show looked-after children that young peopleleaving care do go on to be successful and will challenge the stereotypeof children in care.

Athena Caramksos, project finance manager at A National Voice, toldChildren Now: "A National Voice believes young people in and leavingcare need positive role models to look up to and encourage the beliefthat they are capable of achieving anything. We want as many ex-careleavers as possible to come forward."

Caramksos said while celebrities and high earners were welcome, thecampaign also wanted to show care leavers who are now in happy families,enjoy their jobs or have gone to university.

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