Missing out
Maxine Wrigley, national co-ordinator of A National Voice, which represents young people in care, says: "The law says corporate parents have a duty to treat these children as they would their own. From our findings, we doubt they are getting the same opportunities as other young people." And that could harm their future life chances, says Susanna Cheal, director of The Who Cares? Trust. "If you truly want to improve the life chances of young people in care, you have to encourage them to develop confidence and skills by taking part in activities outside school," she says. "Otherwise you risk wasting a whole range of talent."
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