Care experience should be a protected characteristic writ large

Oscar’s school have sent him a little postcard in the post to say they are looking forward to seeing him. Not gonna lie, that’s quite cute.

Couch to 5k? Completed it mate

A ‘good’ time to post this I guess. I helped organise the collection of money for Christmas gifts for students without parental support for many years Who donated the largest gift in all the years I did it? The Islamic art circle. Living the best of British values.

We’ve had a brilliant response to our project and are so grateful to all of those who have come forward to share their experiences. If you are a care experienced parent and would like to take part, please get in touch 😊 The Leverhulme Trust Shirley Lewis

God I love my city

Fully funded with travel and accommodation. Nothing to stop you organising for some brilliant young people to go down and visit Oxford.

Imagine picking an argument with someone who has spent years honing the craft as their day job.

Sheffield city council: agreed to treat care experience as a protected characteristic in November 2023. Included it in their 4 year equality strategy in March 2024. It doesn’t have to take several years to implement after you’ve had your nice press statement.

Really don’t want to bash the increasing of a bursary because it’s always good but honestly, for an institution like University of Oxford this is a barely inflation rise to a rounding error on the overall operating costs of the institution.

York committing to another 4 years of this sector leading financial support for care leavers. Today is a good day. Forever proud of my Alma.

Not gonna lie Who Cares? Scotland getting PureGym to give half price membership to care experienced people might be about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.

In today’s “places where a protected characteristic for care experienced people would make a material difference”. This document, its constant use of parents/family, and its consideration of protected characteristics. birthto5matters.org.uk/wp-content/upl… #EYFS

Really love that Helen has raised this. There is an evidence base behind the work of Unite Foundation to show it is effective. Safe and stable homes make a world of difference.

Lucy just utterly smashing this lawyer lark.

The plan for Friday at 3pm: date night, eat duck, drink wine. How Friday actually turned out: 8 hours in A&E, exploratory surgery for suspected appendicitis (it wasn’t) and morphine. 1/10 do not recommend.

Debby brought the wrong chargers 😬

I was looked after under a section 20 (voluntary arrangement). It would have been dangerous for me to return home.