Delma Hughes spent most of her childhood in care. She didn't realise she had a mother and father – she didn't even know her date of birth – but her big sister meant the world to her. Taken into care at just 18 months old, Delma grew up without knowing she had parents, siblings, or even a birthday. Shuffled through 20 different placements and routinely medicated, she experienced a childhood devoid of love, stability, or identity. Her one anchor was her sister Lucy, but even they were separated by the system—an all-too-common practice that continues today, with 86% of children in care still split from their siblings.

Determined to turn her pain into change, she founded Siblings Together in 2008, a charity that reunites siblings separated in care through holiday camps. Her work is a direct response to the system's failures, offering children the connection, memories, and healing that she was denied.