Thread by @RebekahPierre92

Before Twitter gets taken over with Christmas-spam, let it be known that if a child in Year 11 with a Sept-Nov birthday goes into care tonight, there’s now a 50/50 chance they’ll end up in unregulated accommodation. That’s because according to this gov, 16 & 17 year olds don’t

Deserve loving, caring homes the same way a child 15 & under does. Instead - to placate private providers who are making £££s off this dangerous loophole - they can be sent off to caravans, adult hostels & even tents with no adult supervision. Ask any social worker and they will

Tell you that these settings are magnets for gangs and predators, who prey on vulnerable children and subject them to criminal/sexual exploitation. Over the past 5 years, 29 children in these settings have died. That’s a whole class full of children. This is an emergency. I know

From first-hand experience how terrifying these settings can be. As a vulnerable teen who was kicked out by my foster carer on 20th Dec via a note on the kitchen table, I was sent to one. The 25 year-old in the next bedsit had just got out of prison: amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

That was years ago. Since then, the use of these settings has skyrocketed by 89%. And @article_39 predicts that, by 2033, almost all (9 in 10) children in care aged 16 & 17 will face this fate. If things carry on this way. If you’re willing to lend 5 mins to fight this, you can:

📍Share this survey with 16 & 17 year-olds in your life. We desperately need their views to end this ASAP: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JW7QN6F

📍Ask your MP to sign EDM 1006. Still waiting on @jessphillips, @steve_mccabe & others…

📍Support @article_39 to #KeepCaringto18

Thank you 🙏🏼