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There is a serious lack of understanding about what being in care actually means. This is hardly surprising when the media tends to stereotype children in and from care as school dropouts, drug users and petty criminals. While these stories might sell more newspapers and make for juicier television dramas, they ignore all of you lot who go on to do brilliant things!

So the idea behind the ‘Don’t write us off’ campaign is to give young people a chance to tell the truth about life in care, and get people to think differently.

 

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Do people treat YOU differently because you're in care? Leave a comment below support the campaign, and let everyone know CAREISM IS WRONG!

 

This project was inspired by the London 2012 Olympics

Comments

  1. Jack says:

    I've been in care for 11 Years. Most members of the public think that children in care are vandals and yob"z". People judge young people in care by watching shows like "Tracey Beaker" a show where a young stroppy girl throws tantrums and starts arguments. This tells the public that all young people are stroppy and that we all have "Problems" Children in care ARE normal and some of us just express anger differently.rn rnWE ARE WHO WE ARE...GET OVER IT!!!!

  2. Anonymous says:

    People think we have always got money to throw around. When you are on your own it is a different kettle of fish. I think that social services should help out the older people (care leavers) that have no money. They expect us to pay it out of our job seekers they don’t realise that when you pay for a place you don’t get much money for yourself. I for example when I have no gas r electric for four hours and I kept on to social services and wasted all my phone credit. It is not true about we have a lot about money at all. We struggle a lot when we leave care.

  3. Anonymous says:

    People think that your past define who you are. They always bring up about your childhood. Children are not always in care about they have done anything wrong. no one really knows why you have been put into care it can be a 100 reasons why its happened. Why are people in care always to blame its really not fair on us.rnrn

  4. Ryan says:

    I think the public think children in care aren't educated and stupid. I’ve made mistakes but I’m not stupid. For example for me, due to a number of different reasons including my behaviour at the time I did not manage to complete my GCSE's the first time around. However, I am nearly 17 and I am currently re-taking my GCSEs. Also I have completed a silver Duke Of Edinburgh award which involved a mile walk amongst other things. I feel like I have turned myself around. I am achieving much better grades and I have been predicted to B grades in my GCSEs. I gained an A grade in my oral English Literature exam recently. Children in care aren’t stupid. They just need a chance.

  5. Terry says:

    I think young people in care get too much sympathy. People feel sorry for us. We want to be like everyone else.rnSometimes its like a being a celebrity. Justin Bieber said on the radio he wants to have a normal life at the same time as his career. Sometimes I just wanted to be the same as everyone else but people always want me to talk about my childhood and my family situation. They usually are just nosey and want to feel sorry for me. It makes me sad people think this about us.rnI used to be really angry and keep it all inside when I didn’t have anyone to talk to. I didn’t want people to feel sorry for me just help me.rn

  6. Sheldon says:

    Hi, i was in care for 3 1/2 years. People do treat you differently; whether its sympathy they given you or grief, but neither was a positive experience for me as i could never rid myself of my past as everyone kept bringing it up. Their is a lot of media attention devoted to portraying young people in care as having unfortunate lives, but they are still low-lives and are just a drain on society. But from my own experiences and also that of others who have been in care, that is not the case. I have 12 GCSE's, i am studying at college, i have recently attended Oxford University's Summer School and i am a member of a lot of societies as well. I have also been part of Alan Milburn's review on child poverty and social mobility and i am also conducting my own research into contraception for the NHS. Yes, i had a lot of difficulty settling in to my new home and i needed a lot of emotional support and without my new parents i wouldn't have coped. But even with this 'baggage' that many of carry, we can and do reach our potential.
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