It is hoped the list — Know your Care Leaver A to Z! — will provide inspiring role models for children in care and motivate local authorities and those involved in the care system to achieve more for the young people with whom they work.
The list includes film stars Steve McQueen and Marilyn Monroe, broadcaster David Akinsanya, athlete Kriss Akabusi, Big Issue founder John Bird and actor Samantha Morton.
Mike Lindsay, head of advice at the Office of the Children's Rights Director, who has compiled the list, said: "Hopefully, the publication will challenge the 'game-changers' in local authorities, policy-making and service provision to realise that there is much more that could be achieved for looked-after children and care leavers, by looking for inspiration from the many successful stories that have originated from care."
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