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Blogs/Web Pages/Articles Who Cares? Scotland project wins national campaign award Who Cares Scotland An announcement that Who Cares? Scotland’s Kenny Murray was recognised at National Campaigner Awards 2019 for his work in drawing attention to negative representations of Care Experienced People. External Website

Films/Videos Vidal Sassoon: The Movie 2010 Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010) recounts the story of Vidal Sassoon ((1928-2012) and his brother being put into a Jewish orphanage when their parent separated and because their mother was impoverished. They were in the orphanage for about 6 years and Vidal fondly remembers being in the choir. He also remembers running away from the orphanage and going to his dad’s house. His dad’s response, however, was to return Vidal to the orphanage as soon as possible. “I think that moment was when I lost any love that I had for him” says Vidal Sasson during the documentary. “I never saw him again.” Like other children during WWII, Vidal Sassoon was also evacuated to the countryside “…where we lived with cows and sheep for the next few years.” External Website

Blogs/Web Pages/Articles Lilian Bader: The First Black Woman to join the RAF Lillian Bader 2018 Lilian Bailey b.18 Feb 1918 d.13 Mar 2015 (aged 97) Liverpool, England. In 1927, Bader and her two brothers were orphaned when their father died. At the age of 9 she was separated from her brothers and placed in a convent, where she remained until she was 20 because no one would employ her because of racism. In 1939, at the onset of the Second World War, Bader enlisted in the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) at Catterick Camp, When it was discovered that her father was not born in the United Kingdom, she was dismissed. On 28 March 1941, she enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), after she heard that the Royal Air Force (RAF) were taking citizens of West Indian descent. She trained in instrument repair, which was a trade newly opened to women. She then became a Leading Aircraft Woman and was eventually promoted to the rank of corporal. External Website

Authors G Grimm ➝ Greyzone ➝ Grace ➝ Good Witch (Season 1-7) ➝ Gone for Good ➝ Gen V ➝ A Gentleman in Moscow (TV series) ➝ Good American Family ➝ Grantchester ➝ Good Morning, Veronica ➝ Goliath ➝ Grey's Anatomy ➝ Great Expectations (adaptation) ➝ Back to Top

Autobiography/Memoir University Lectures and Lesson in Life Stacey Page 2015 After her mother had a serious accident, her family decided to care for Stacey who was "rotated" between them until she was 15. From age 15, Stacey worked in hairdressing salons. Encouraged by a client, she attended university as a mature age student and has now completed a degree in psychology. External Website

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Activists Social justice and recognition for children in care Lemn Sissay 1967- Lemn Sissay was one of the first people to link orphan literary heroes with young heroes in the care system. He is a British poet and activist whose work is deeply rooted in his own experiences growing up in the UK care system. Through poetry, public speaking, and writing, he sheds light on the mistreatment of children in care and advocates for systemic reform. His activism includes legal action, public awareness campaigns, and founding the Christmas Dinners, a nationwide initiative for young care leavers. Sissay uses his platform to promote justice, empathy, and support for marginalized youth, making him a powerful voice for change in social care and beyond. External Website

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Autobiography/Memoir Why Richard Kingsmill is is My God Davida Bache 2015 Davida Bache moved around in foster care as a child and as a consequence her schooling was disrupted. She entered university as a mature age student, doing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the University of Adelaide. External Website

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Children's Fiction Delly Duck (4-8 years) Holly Marlow 2021 When Delly Duck lays an egg, she is excited for it to hatch. But she doesn’t really know how to keep an egg safe, or how to look after her chick when he hatches. See how a concerned goose tries to help Delly to learn how to care for her chick, in this touching adoption story. External Website

Authors F Fugitive Pieces ➝ Foreign Correspondent: Saving the Children ➝ Four Brothers ➝ From Time to Time ➝ Foster ➝ Foster Care Films - Community Engagement Project ➝ First Christmas ➝ Farming ➝ Foster Boy ➝ Finding Neverland (film) ➝ Found ➝ Fathers and Daughters ➝ Foreign Correspondent: Saving the Children ➝ Back to Top

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Artists Yusuf P McCormack Yusuf Paul McCormack (1963-2021) was an Artist, Poet, Writer/Author and Trainer, based in Rugby, Warwickshire. He took early retirement from the civil service in 2015 and wrote his first verse in November of that year. It was an epiphany moment and, consumed, Yusuf wrote solidly for the next 12 months about his childhood growing up in children's institutions. In December 2016 he began to translate his written work on to canvas, where he attempted to explore the emotions that he was unable to voice as a child. His work explores the world he experienced, felt and witnessed as a child who was illegitimate, mixed raced and rejected. Yusuf’s art was his intuitive way of working using memory and imagination as a way to develop his own style. He used his combined experiences as an artist, a child of the state, to inform those who genuinely want to improve and sustain better outcomes for those who never chose their start in life. External Website

Films/Videos The Thirteenth Year 1999 The Thirteenth Year (1999) is an American fantasy comedy, a Disney Channel Original Movie. Cody Griffin (Chez Starbuck) is an adopted teenager. He was left with Whit (Dave Coulier) and Sharon Griffin (Lisa Stahl Sullivan) as a baby and he grows up to be a great swimmer and a popular student. After his 13th birthday, Cody begins to feel strange. He gets scales and fins, and eventually his clever friend, Jess Wheatley (Justin Jon Ross) runs some tests and concludes that Cody is turning into a merman. It is Jess, too, who works out a way for Cody to meet his mermaid mother (Stephanie Chantel Durelli). External Website

Fiction featuring Care Experience The Kingdom Jo Nesbo 2020 The gripping new standalone thriller from multi-million copy bestseller, Jo Nesbo. When Roy and Carl's parents die suddenly, sixteen-year-old Roy is left as protector to his impulsive younger brother. But when Carl decides to travel the world in search of his fortune, Roy stays behind in their sleepy village, satisfied with his peaceful life as a mechanic.Some years later, Carl returns with his charismatic new wife, Shannon - an architect. T External Website

News - broadcast, print, internet, magazine articles Care Experienced student behind new John Lewis Partnership brand: Made with Care John Lewis 2023 The John Lewis Partnership unveils Made With Care. A new lifestyle brand that combines great design and desirable products while creating a platform for talented people who have grown up in the care system. First design from the new brand launched at event to mark one year of the Building Happier Futures programme. The first product is designed by Michael Archibald, an 18-year old aspiring artist from Glasgow who has experienced care. Michael has crafted an inspiring piece of art to feature on a fashionable tote bag. Michael applied to take part in Made with Care through Who Cares? Scotland, the Partnership’s charity partner. He has worked with the John Lewis in-house design team and creative partners Saatchi & Saatchi to create his unique design. External Website

Blogs/Web Pages/Articles The True Story Behind the Netflix Series 'Unbelievable' Mahita Gajanan 2019 An article on the true story which inspired the Netflix series, 'Unbelievable'. External Website

Films/Videos Into The Fire: The Lost Daughter 2024 Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter (2024) is an American documentary (in two parts). In 1974, 16-year-old Cathy Terkanian gives up her baby daughter for adoption. The child was 9 months old. 35 years later, Cathy finds out that her daughter – then named Aundria Bowman - had gone missing in 1989. Cathy becomes involved in the search for her missing daughter, beginning with setting up a Facebook page. She found out who the adoptive parents were and became convinced the adoptive father, Dennis Bowman, had killed her daughter. On May 15, 2020, Dennis Bowman pleads guilty to the murder of dismemberment of Aundria Bown. External Website

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