The report from Coram Voice, published in partnership with the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS), finds that 60 per cent of care-experienced young people support making care experience a protected characteristic. A further 29 per cent saying they were unsure about the ask.
These findings are based on research with more than 80 care-experienced children and young people, aged eight to 25, across 27 English local authorities, which asked them about key recommendations from the Care Review on advocacy, independent visitors and protected characteristics.
The report states that two in five young people have been treated negatively due to their care experience, with one young person saying: “People often assume that you are problematic and have many things wrong with you because you’re in care. They expect you to be aggressive and loud, when really you just want to be heard.”
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