Oldham is one of 25 councils in the UK to have passed a motion that will see the council consider discrimination faced by care-experienced people when creating policies.
The motion was brought by members of Oldham’s children in care council and its youth council.
Youth council member Penelope told councillors at a meeting last month that the “public perception of care-experienced people centres on the idea that they’re irredeemably damaged and that can lead to discrimination and assumptions being made”.
Precious, from the children in care council, highlighted high levels of homelessness and contact with the youth justice system among people with experience of care.
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