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Trauma-informed care for Care Experienced individuals
Dr. Lisa Cherry Dr. Lisa Cherry is a leading activist and one of the early pioneers to bring trauma-informed knowledge into the care...
Aug 142 min read


Accessing Social Services Child Care Files: The Life and Importance of Graham Gaskin (1959 – 2002)
By Jim Goddard and Rosie Canning It is not widely known, amongst people who grew up in care before 1989, that we owe our rights to...
Aug 143 min read


Home Bird by Fran Hill
Review by Dr Dee Michell Fran Hill’s dialogue driven novel, Home Bird , is a delight - well written, funny, uplifting. Home Bird by Fran...
Jan 203 min read


Carrie Steele Logan (1829-1900)
Carrie Steele Logan (1829 – November 3, 1900) was an American philanthropist and founder of the Colored [sic] Orphanage of Atlanta , the...
Dec 6, 20241 min read


The First Care Experienced Activist?
Hannah Brown (1866-1973) Care Experience & Culture recently added a new genre featuring ‘ Activists ’ and are wondering if Hannah Brown...
Dec 5, 20246 min read


Believe in yourself
By Paris Bartholomew Peeling off my polo neck, I heard a sharp intake of breath from my school nurse and saw her eyes widen as she...
Jul 22, 20249 min read


The Quiet You Carry by Nikki Barthelmess
Hi, I’m Liam, today's book reviewer, and a 26-year-old working at a property law firm. Growing up in foster and kinship care has made me...
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Volunteers Future Project
By Catherine “Catt” Burland of Portsmouth, UK Born in 1988 and as part of the first generation of 'The Children's Act '89',...
May 30, 20244 min read


Historical Perspectives on the Stigma of Children in Care
By Dr. Annie Skinner During the latter decades of the nineteenth-century, poor families faced with crises due to poverty, ill-health or...
Jul 30, 202311 min read


Cuckoo in the Nest by Fran Hill
Review by Carol Sampson Fran Hill’s experiences in foster care have often influenced her writing. Cuckoo in the Nest arose from her...
Jun 16, 20233 min read


The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Dr Dee Michell reflects on The Bone People. In 1965, Irish writer John McGahern’s novel , The Dark , was banned in Ireland because of...
Jan 18, 20236 min read


Foundling Book Club Event
Care Experience & Culture Foundling Book Club Event: Via Zoom 11th November 2022 and live at the Foundling Museum , London 11am UK...
Oct 25, 20222 min read


Diversity & Children's Fiction
Care Experience & Culture book club event: Via Zoom 25th June 2022 10am UK time / 6.30pm Adelaide / 7.00pm Melbourne Email:...
Jun 14, 20222 min read


Examining the Past and Challenging the Future
Lindsay Bamfield looks back as well as reflecting on the last couple of Care Experience & Culture book club events Perhaps the reason one...
May 20, 20224 min read


What about the 84%?
Dr. Josie Pearse asks: Why is the murderer (almost) always adopted? I'm talking about a stereotype that I began to notice many many years...
Apr 18, 20226 min read


Care Experienced History Month
Care Experienced History Month takes place in April every year. Care Experienced people have been a part of societies across the world...
Feb 13, 20222 min read


Book Club
Care Experience & Culture book club event: Monday 6th December 10am UK / 9pm Australia Sarah Hilary will be discussing her latest novel...
Nov 29, 20212 min read


A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Dr Dee Michell reflects on A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler, a tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude. A Whole Life ...
Nov 23, 20213 min read


A Conversation With Malik Al Nasir
Letters to Gil is Malik Al Nasir’s profound coming of age memoir – the story of surviving physical and racial abuse and discovering a...
Nov 12, 202119 min read


The Challenges of Writing Representations of Adoption in Fiction
Daniel Ingram Brown is an adoptive dad, author, educator and academic. He says, I have spent some time thinking about representations of...
Aug 20, 20218 min read
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