Terry Galloway is a UK social justice campaigner with lived experience of the care system. He spent much of his childhood moving through the care system, living in over 100 placements, and facing trauma, instability, and discrimination. His sister Hazel, who also grew up in care, faced significant challenges and was killed by her partner — a personal loss that deepened Terry’s commitment to systemic change. After leaving care, Terry worked in a range of jobs before dedicating

Chris Wild is a UK-based activist, author, speaker, care system consultant, national advisor, and charity supporter advocating for children and young people impacted by the care system. Drawing on his own lived experience of growing up in care after the death of his father, Chris speaks publicly about systemic failures, trauma, and the long-term barriers faced by care-experienced individuals. His work includes public speaking, media engagement, policy advising, and partnershi

Dr. Lisa Cherry Dr. Lisa Cherry is a leading activist and one of the early pioneers to bring trauma-informed knowledge into the care...

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...

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

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

Hannah Brown (1866-1973) Care Experience & Culture recently added a new genre featuring ‘ Activists ’ and are wondering if Hannah Brown...

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 scanned my body. I was six years old and my skin looked like a battleground: burns on my arm where it had been held over a flame, blue-black bruises from where I’d been hit with a belt, scars all over my scalp & a feeling of terror that followed me like a cloud. The school nurse was accompanied by the lovely lady from the NSPCC, who gave me my f

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...

By Catherine “Catt” Burland of Portsmouth, UK   Born in 1988 and as part of the first generation of 'The Children's Act '89',...

By Dr. Annie Skinner During the latter decades of the nineteenth-century, poor families faced with crises due to poverty, ill-health or...

Review by Carol Sampson Fran Hill’s experiences in foster care have often influenced her writing. Cuckoo in the Nest arose from her...

Dr Dee Michell reflects on The Bone People. In 1965, Irish writer John McGahern’s novel , The Dark , was banned in Ireland because of...

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

Care Experience & Culture book club event: Via Zoom 25th June 2022 10am UK time / 6.30pm Adelaide / 7.00pm Melbourne Email:...

Lindsay Bamfield looks back as well as reflecting on the last couple of Care Experience & Culture book club events Perhaps the reason one...

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...

Care Experienced History Month takes place in April every year. Care Experienced people have been a part of societies across the world...

Care Experience & Culture book club event: Monday 6th December 10am UK / 9pm Australia Sarah Hilary will be discussing her latest novel...

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