Care Experienced Adult Survivor I’m standing in front of strangers in the clothes I’d been taken in. An unclean school uniform with rips, that didn’t even fit. That’s all I had in that moment. The social worker and police had just taken me to the hospital, I’m bruised, I’m hurting, I’m afraid and sad beyond […]
The First 24hrs in Foster Care: A Child’s Perspective
The first 24hrs in foster care: A child’s perspective A quick google search of what ‘a child’s first day in foster care’ may look like and the results are the same, all from the perspective of the carer. The voice of the child lost in the system, in the chaos and upheaval, through the paperwork […]
Expert by Experience Story
Expert by Experience Story Ambassador for Comfort Cases UK. Expert by Experience of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Lived Experience of the Care System. I went into care aged 14 with only the clothes I stood up in.Didn’t know a great deal about hygiene, self care or image. Just knew a lot about how to […]