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Lives in Care: 14/06/2022

14/06/2022

BBC Radio 4 - Lives in Care, 14/06/2022

Tony Simpson and five young people compare their experiences of surviving care.

Born in a Salvation Army home and put in care at just three months of age, Tony Simpson compares his experiences with those who have been through the system more recently.

In May, the Independent Review of Children's Social Care called for £2.6 billion investment to reform a 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.

While policy makers, legislators and service providers consider how the system should be improved, this series considers what the actual experience of being cared for away from home is actually like.  It features only those who have been through the care system.

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

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