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Lives in Care: 07/06/2022

07/06/2022

BBC Radio 4 - Lives in Care, 07/06/2022

Tony Simpson and five young people compare their experiences of being taken into care.

Born in a Salvation Army home, Tony Simpson begins a series comparing his experiences of care with those who have been through the system more recently.

In May, the Independent Review of Children's Social Care recommended a multibillion-pound overhaul of a care system that is under “extreme stress”.  

Tony Simpson was born in a Salvation Army Mother and Baby home and then, at the age of just three months, was taken into care, where he was to remain until he was 16.  In this three-part series he compares his experiences with those who have been through the care system more recently - the jolt of leaving care and the resilience of surviving it.  But he begins with the trauma of entering care and being taken away from all that you know.

While policy makers, legislators and service providers consider ways in which to improve the system, it is also vitally important to understand not only what it is like to experience being cared for away from home, but also what legacy a childhood in care can have for the rest of your life.

Presented by Tony Simpson
Mixed by Mike Sherwood
Produced by Paul Kobrak

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