This week’s podcast looks at what life is like for children in care in the UK, with Ed Nixon, a senior social worker and former care home manager who co-founded Every Child Leaving Care Matters, a movement which aims to ensure that all children in care are properly supported until they turn twenty-one.
In this episode, we discuss life for children in care, unregulated care homes and why Ed believes the UK government doesn’t understand children.
On social care for children as a concept, Ed said during the programme, “Care is a bad thing, why would anybody suggest it was anything other than a bad thing? Much of my life has been trying to make it the best it can possibly be, but it’s not as good as living with your own family, happily and safely.”
You can listen to the podcast here.
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My grandson was took away from a loving family to be brought up with strangers so what impact will that have on my grandson when he finds out the truth that he was took away for nothing this country and it’s laws are a joke
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Mine to have,all 3 of mine grandchildren ,first 2 were taken and not offered to us,also my granddaughter at birth just recently.
Nobody will listen to us,nobody cares about our kids.
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I’m sorry to hear that and I know how heartbreaking it is and no one will listen I have wrote to mps even the prime minister and nothing bcos as long as the social services are making money off children and the magistrates are just as corrupt nothing will change when I got my grandson took off me the local authorities used everything against me poor parenting and neglect I was too fat my mental health not enough money not taking him on outings or letting him go to nursery which is a total lie social services destroy lives and don’t keep families together
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