Our policy work
Many young people come through the care system and go on to successful family lives and good jobs. Many have loving, dedicated foster carers and encounter social workers who go the extra mile to fight for the opportunities and support that make all the difference to a child in care.
But the bigger picture is that when a child is taken into care they enter a giant postcode lottery with their futures at stake on the outcome. The quality of the experience of being in care varies enormously, depending on what local authority you live in.
There is a recognition among politicians, professionals, carers and of course young people themselves that despite improvements over the years, many things remain very wrong with the care system.
The Who Cares? Trust works to influence improvements in policy and practice by ensuring the views and experiences of children in care are heard at the highest level.
Our policy statements
Find out where we stand on the key issues related to children in care
Our consultation responses
Read submissions from The Who Cares? Trust, and the young people we work with, to recent consultations
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
Find out more about the work of APPG and how to attend meetings
News
- Government policies on access to further and higher education abandon care leavers to the whims of localism, says report - 16-Mar-2012
- The Trust calls for Government to look wider than adoption - 14-Mar-2012
- Care leaves most looked-after children better off, study finds - 12-Mar-2012
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