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Fiction featuring Care Experience

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Honeybee

Craig Silvey

2020

Criag Silvey's Honeybee (2020) is the story about how a time in informal foster care is transformative for 14 year old Sam Watson.

Sam Watson is saved from a fatal jump by an elderly man who also wants to kill himself.

Vic takes Sam home and the friendships Sam makes while living with Vic provide the acceptance and nurturing that enable Sam to deal with past trauma and embrace their identity as trans.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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