In approximately seven meetings over a few months my team in Manchester have found a venue and presents and food and a chef and volunteers for the young care leavers of The North West of England. They Read more [...]
Asking for help is a big deal for me. I used to think it was a sign of weakness. Now I realise it's a sign of strength and development. If you can't ask for help you can't grow. So help me please. Read more [...]
Thanks for your advice to cold rental seas. It helped kick start me to action. My circumstances are the same but I’m standing with eyes open rather than bowed with eyes closed. I'm still looking Read more [...]
Here's "How To Fly". It's a music video by young people in or from care. I'm inspired by the strength and compassion of young people who are without their family in childhood. The capacity to Read more [...]
If there is one thing to do in National Adoption Week see this film on Nov 6th at Ritzy Cinema in Brixton. Get a group and go. Or go alone. Or with a loved one or friend. The fate of two families Read more [...]
I am seeking poems from young people in care and care leavers between the ages of 12 to 25. The poems will be part of an exciting galleryexhibition called Salander taking place at The Roundhouse. Read more [...]
“Michael Gove’s drive to speed up the adoption process has Borne fruit with a sharp rise in the number of children given permanent homes” trumpets The Telegraph Borne fruit. It’s as if Read more [...]
Picture parents hanging outside school gates. Their children are having a quick smoke before class. This is what happens to a child in care. Smoking kills but for them the message is clear some Read more [...]
I’ve been Doctor Lemn Sissay since 2009 awarded from University of Huddersfield by Chancellor Patrick Stewart. The Vice Chancellor Professor Bob Cryan grew up on a council estate which he can see Read more [...]
It's recorded in Hansard. On 2 July 2013 in The House of Lords at The Houses of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster (pic) Lord Smith of Leigh said . "Although I did not realise it at the Read more [...]