Viv Kind, a foster carer from York, has looked after more than 100 children over 33 years. While performing such a rewarding role, she has been no stranger to the bureaucracy that has come with the territory, where even the simplest tasks can be extremely difficult to enact.
"We were caring for one young person who needed a bus pass to go to school on the other side of York," she recalls. "I called and asked for one, but was told that a social worker had to apply for it. I relayed the message to social services but nothing happened." In the end, after much persistence, she was allowed to apply for the bus pass herself, but not before "wasting money" on stacks of £2 fares for her foster child.
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