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Applications open today! #careleaver internship. Opportunities across England. 👇 18-30 year olds. If young people need support applying, they can submit support request via Career Matters #Thrive programme.... 💫💥👇 career-matters.org/career-matters…

That’s appalling and typical I fear. So sorry that no one took the time to notice you sufficiently well to understand that you deserved a history of growing up. Every Child Matters, they said. Not enough to take a photograph it seems 😢 shame on us. I’m sorry. #ECLCM

Good, but how can we ensure that more or a even maybe a majority of people would give a **** about children being pulled into then thrown out of care? Happy to help #ECLCM ECLCM

CYP Now - National care leaver offer urged by MPs cypnow.co.uk/content/news/n… well done Helen Hayes 💙🌹 &colleagues but how will this be delivered? Economically it makes good sense given potential income from tax and NI paid by care leavers vs benefits &services used #ECLCM ECLCM

Looks like my personal account’s gone, maybe this one will too as I struggle coming to terms with X. If so thank you for all your support for #ECLCM ECLCM over many years. I’m still trying & fighting as much as an old geezer can. Direct approach to politicians let’s see Ed

Subject access request routes for care leavers are unfit for purpose. I’ve received bin collection letters with more warmth than the communication I had from my local authority when I requested my files. There was no recognition that this wasn’t just any SAR, but one in which

I appealed for fragments of my childhood. No support offered to help make sense of records which were written in haste, seemingly with no thought that one day I could grow up to read them. I am grateful I didn’t access them when I first left care - I doubt I would have been able

to cope. Here are some of the things that would have helped me through the process, and something local authorities could consider for others. Link to full article in Community Care here: communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/08/car…

Ed Nixon I just replied to this Ed I also did a post about Islington Council on my page a truly sad story you refer to I feel their pain as a victim of rape and last night faced it head on I stood outside 29 Highbury New Park I could hear the sound of children being forced to have sex Thank

Sigh. Just as we were thinking the departure of Sanctuary Personnel had seen these awards released from the grip of the recruitment industry, here’s an international trade/lobbying body for recruitment agencies sponsoring adult social worker of the year. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Christian Kerr And one of ACPSos members Sheldon Phillips, a private recruitment agency, is a also ‘category sponsor’ for Team of the Year, children's services.

If you read one thing this week about children’s social care, let it be this from Joe Hanley ⏹️. Important to be clued up on new Children’s Minister (11th in 10 years) and their ties to Tory gov, financial rewards received from said gov, & legacy toward 16/17 year olds in care.

ncercc.co.uk/bringing-home-… A future for ‘Short breaks’ for Children in Need’? Yes we can!

Let’s be clear; you cannot be “sympathetic” to the call to end the reasonable punishment defence. Either you’re staunchly against the physical & emotional abuse of children, or not. There can be no lukewarm here.

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Thank you so much to the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children. Once again they have done an amazing job, fundraising, providing and spending time putting together what is now a wonderful resource for our SAILS project (Supported Living Service) - Keep up the great work

CYP Now - Three measures to improve the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill cypnow.co.uk/content/commen…

NCERCC CHIEF – Evaluation of Government response to Education Select Committee report – October 2025 – NCERCC ncercc.co.uk/ncercc-chief-e…

At what point does impeachment become a reality? Lies ✔️ Criminal activities (with some convictions)✔️ Nepotism ✔️ Deception ✔️ Just wondering bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj69…