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Money Box: Money Box Live: Care Leavers

26/06/2024

Money Box Live: Care Leavers

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Money Box Live: Care Leavers

How do looked-after children manage their finances once they leave care?

Care leavers join the programme to talk about how they manage their money once they leave the system.

Around 38,000 children move into care every year in the UK. That's one every 15 minutes and a significant number of looked-after children will remain in the system until they reach adulthood.   So what happens then?  

In this programme Felicity Hannah talks about what happens when you leave care. Without the bank of Mum and Dad, what financial support are those young people promised? 

We're joined by Jess and Callum, two care leavers as well as Kirsty Doull, Care and Transitions Lead at CELCIS, which is the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection, Carrie Wilson-Harrop from the Care Leavers Association and Clare Bracey, Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director at the care leavers charity, Become.

Presented and Produced by Felicity Hannah.
Producer: Neil Morrow
Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 3pm Wednesday 26th June, 2024)

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