Social care
This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
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This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Lifelong Links helps young people like Bayley Tubman make the shift from care to adulthood and it is being extended with £30m of government funding. But the charity behind the programme say it’s needed across the whole of the country
Should care experience be a protected characteristic? Care leavers speak out on status debate
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Should care experience be a protected characteristic? Care leavers speak out on status debate
I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
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I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better
Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better
Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this
Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this
Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at 'heart' of election with 'welcome' manifesto
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Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at 'heart' of election with 'welcome' manifesto
There's no debate – Britain's disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency
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There's no debate – Britain's disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency
Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'
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Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has 'violated disabled people's rights'
My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
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My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
Social care is on its knees. It's no wonder public dissatisfaction is at a record high
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Social care is on its knees. It's no wonder public dissatisfaction is at a record high
Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on
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Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on
Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
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Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
'He's like a caged animal in the flat': Meet the parents fighting for an adult social care revolution
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'He's like a caged animal in the flat': Meet the parents fighting for an adult social care revolution
Homelessness at heart of councils' £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: 'It's an out-of-control crisis'
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Homelessness at heart of councils' £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: 'It's an out-of-control crisis'
If UK doesn't value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care
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If UK doesn't value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care
Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
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Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
Disabled people 'risk losing right to take part in society' with social care 'on its knees'
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Disabled people 'risk losing right to take part in society' with social care 'on its knees'
‘It’s not an infinite resource’: How volunteers are papering over the cracks of austerity
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‘It’s not an infinite resource’: How volunteers are papering over the cracks of austerity
Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
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Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem
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Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem
'The government takes advantage of our love': Families caring for child relatives plead for help
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'The government takes advantage of our love': Families caring for child relatives plead for help
'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
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'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
Wales launches monthly £1,600 universal basic income payments for care leavers
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Wales launches monthly £1,600 universal basic income payments for care leavers
Why care home staff in the UK are at breaking point
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Why care home staff in the UK are at breaking point
Care leavers campaign for better support: 'We don't have a great start in life when we turn 18'
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