Shame on all who contributed to the toxic narrative that it is OK to abandon children in care in hostels & caravan parks in one of the world's wealthiest countries. Your name is all over this. We shall not forget interim reports, gloating twitter statuses or your craven silence.
https://twitter.com/article_39/status/1604904147215650823
As the year comes to a close, there could've been so much to celebrate in the wake a 'once in a generation review' into the care system. Instead, there are now 7,000+ children are in hostels, caravans or tents without care. Easy prey for gangs & predators. What victory is that?
Survivors have shared unshareable in the hope something would change. That someone at the top would listen. The silence has been deafening. My childhood diaries also fell on deaf ears. No one in senior decision-making positions responded even once: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
But we had to speak because many cannot. 29 children died in unregulated from 2016-21. And children living in boats/bedsits are silenced by violence, exploitation & poverty. Yet the gov & their allies seem more concerned with their profitability than their protection.
Amidst such sad news, there is solace in the knowledge Article 39 exists to fight for children's basic rights. But it shouldn't take a small charity to point out the very obvious fact that children in care need care.
This loss will only strengthen our resolve #KeepCaringto18
This loss will only strengthen our resolve #KeepCaringto18
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