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Actors Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna, born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in the Hindi cinema. Rahesh was adoped by relatives of his parents. He is referred to as the "First Superstar" of Indian cinema. He starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films from 1969 to 1971, a record unbroken. During his career he appeared in more than 168 feature films and 12 short films. He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award three times and the BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) four times. In 2014, his biography Rajesh Khanna – The untold story of India's first Superstar by Yasser Usman was published by Penguin Books. In 2018, a one kilometre fitness trail in Lajpat Nagar National Park was named after Khanna, which was inaugurated by his wife Dimple Kapadia. External Website

Fiction featuring Care Experience The Flying Troutmans Miriam Toews 2008 The Flying Troutmans by Canadian writer, Miriam Toews, is the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Hattie’s courageous efforts to care for her niece and nephew while their mother, Min, is in a psychiatric ward of the local hospital. It’s 11 year old Thebes who calls her aunt, 28 year old Hattie, in Paris and begs her to return to Canada to help (as she often has in the past). Hattie is well aware that the children are at risk of being taken into state care; the hospital social worker has already alluded to that. But she’s also unsure about what part she wants to play in their upbringing. Hattie decides the best thing to do is take Thebes and 15 year old Logan on a road trip to locate their long missing father, Doug Cherkis. . External Website

Actors Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone, born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 194, is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Because of his parents' difficult relationship, he spent considerable time in foster care until he was five and moved in with his father. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, he won his first critical acclaim as an actor for his co-starring role as Stanley Rosiello in The Lords of Flatbush. Stallone's Rocky films were box office successes, and he is the only actor in US cinema history to have regularly starred in box office successes over 50 fifty years. External Website

Poets Lorraine Mafi-Williams Lorraine Mafi-Williams Lorraine Mafi-Williams (1940-2001) was in childrens homes from the age of 12, one of 6 children stolen from their parents. Lorraine made it back to her parents when she was 18. She became an activist working to improve health services for Aboriginal people. She also edited the first anthology of Aboriginal poetry, Spirit Song, which was published by Omnibus Books in 1993. External Website

Fiction featuring Care Experience How the Dead Speak Val Mcdermid 2019 The next heart-pounding Tony Hill and Carol Jordan thriller from number one bestseller and queen of crime, Val McDermid. The story includes the death and illegal burial of 40 girls living in a convent home, and serial killer is a Care Experienced Person. External Website

News - broadcast, print, internet, magazine articles Prince Philip: A turbulent childhood stalked by exile, mental illness and death Prince Philip 2021 Prince Philip was only eight when he was suddenly separated from his parents and his four elders sisters. He never lived with his immediate family again. The youngest child of Prince andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Philip was left in the care of Alice's family in England after his mother suffered a breakdown and was hospitalised. External Website

Actors Ray Liotta Raymond Allen Liotta (born December 18, 1954) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989), playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990) and voicing Tommy Vercetti in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002). Raymond Allen Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, on December 18, 1954. Having been abandoned at an orphanage, he was adopted at the age of six months by township clerk Mary and auto-parts store owner Alfred Liotta. His adoptive parents each unsuccessfully ran for local office; he recalls attending parades to hand out flyers for his father's run. Liotta has a sister, Linda, who is also adopted. He has said that he knew he was adopted as a young child and presented a show-and-tell report on it for kindergarten. He hired a private detective to locate his biological mother in the 2000s, and subsequently learned from her that he is mostly of Scottish descent. He has one biological sister, one biological half-brother, and five biological half-sisters. External Website

Films/Videos Changing The Narrative 2019 A film about the use of language in social work. Inspired youth and North Yorkshire county council have made a film about changing the narrative of social work lingo! Funny, powerful and provocative. Produced by inspired youth in collaboration with Scott Akoz, written by Jonny Hoyle. External Website

Non Fiction Conversations that Make a Difference for Children and Young People: Relationship-Focused Practice from the Frontline Lisa Cherry 2021 Conversations that Make a Difference is a "call to action", an opportunity for those professionals working with children and young people to reflect on their practice and consider how they can "bring about social change, one interaction at a time." External Website

Fiction by Care Experienced authors State Ward Alan Duff 1994 State Ward (1994) is Alan Duff’s fictionalized account of being incarcerated as a child. Charlie Wilson is a boy sent to Riverton Boys' Home as a state ward until such time he is seen fit to return to society. Writes Duff: 'I'm thirteen and I'm in a cell. A cell. It's got real bars, up there protecting that high window. I can jump up and touch them. I'm in a cell. That door is for real; it's made of solid steel, and it's got a peephole. So they can spy on me. But I ain't gonna bust. I damn well ain't.' There’s also the name “George” scrawled on the walls of Charlie’s cell, along with ‘kehua’ which means ghost. External Website

Writers Brandi Morin Brandi Morin is a French/Cree/Iroquois journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta, Canada. She was in foster care as a child. Morin has written for Al Jazeera and National Georgraphic and has appeared on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. She investigates stories of injustice, particularly against Indigenous peoples. Brandi Morin won an Edward R Murrow award in 2022 for her story about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. External Website

Fiction by Care Experienced authors Rubyfruit Jungle Rita Mae Brown 1973 Rita Mae Brown was born in 1944 in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried teenage mother and her mother's married boyfriend. Brown's birth mother left the newborn Brown at an orphanage. Her mother's cousin Julia Brown and her husband Ralph retrieved her from the orphanage,[1] and raised her as their own in York, Pennsylvania, and later in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.[2] Rubyfruit Jungle is the first novel by Rita Mae Brown. Published in 1973, it was remarkable in its day for its explicit portrayal of lesbianism. The novel is a coming-of-age autobiographical account of Brown's youth and emergence as a lesbian author. The term "rubyfruit jungle" is a term used in the novel for the female genitals. Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes—and she refuses to apologize for loving them back. This literary milestone continues to resonate with its message about being true to yourself and, against the odds, living happily ever after. Winner of the Lambda Literary Pioneer Award | Winner of the Lee Lynch Classic Book Award. External Website

Autobiography/Memoir Hackney Child Hope Daniels 2014 At the age of nine, Hope Daniels (Jenny Molloy) walked into Stoke Newington Police Station with her little brothers and asked to be taken into care. Home life was intolerable: both of Hope's parents were alcoholics and her mum was a prostitute. The year was 1983. As London emerged into a new era of wealth and opportunity, the Daniels children lived in desperate poverty, neglected and barely nourished. Hounded by vigilante neighbours and vulnerable to the drunken behaviour of her parents' friends, Hope had to draw on her inner strength. Hackney Childis Hope's gripping story of physical and emotional survival - and the lifeline given to her by the support of professionals working in the care system. Despite all the challenges she faced, Hope never lost compassion for her parents, particularly her alcoholic father. Her experiences make essential reading and show that, with the right help, the least fortunate children have the potential not only to recover but to thrive. External Website

Television Shows The Good Witch 2008 The Good Witch is a film that aired on the Hallmark Channel on January 19, 2008. It stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale whose parents died when she was a child and who grows up in foster Care. Cassie is psychic and uses her intuition (and at times, a little magic) for good reasons. There are 6 sequels to the original film, and a television series, Good Witch. External Website

Fiction featuring Care Experience The Man who Made Husbands Jealous Jilly Cooper 1993 The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is part of the The Rutshire Chronicles (1985-2023) a series of romantic novels. Set in the fictional county of Rutshire, characters recur across the series repeatedly, including the upper-class MP Rupert Campbell-Black. Rupert and his second wife Taggie O’Hara adopt two little South American children. This softens Rupert’s character considerably, as throughout earlier books he was notorious for being a ruthless, womanising cad. External Website

Fiction featuring Care Experience The Emigrants W G Sebald (2) 1992 The Emigrants (1992) by WG Sebald is an award-winning collection of 4 stories involving characters the narrator has been involved with. In the 4th story, the narrator befriends German-Jewish painter Max Ferber. He finds out that Max was 15 years old when his parents had him flown to safety in England in 1939. In England, Max stayed with his Uncle Leo in Bloomsbury, close to the British Museum and finished his schooling “at a third rate public school at Margate…” Instead of going to New York when Uncle Leo does in 1942, Max finishes school and moves to Manchester, which is where the narrator meets him. External Website

Academic Articles The Adultification of Black Girls in State Care: Perspectives Sylvia Ikomi 2023 The adultification of Black girls stems from misogynoir, leading to them being treated as older than they are and judged unfairly. In England, this issue gained attention after the Child Q case but remains underexplored, particularly for Black girls in state care. These girls often experience adultification both before entering care and from professionals within the social care system, affecting key decisions like housing. Sylvia Ikomi investigated the causes and solutions during a 2023 Churchill Fellowship in the USA, gathering insights from experts and professionals to inform potential reforms in England. External Website

Films/Videos Lamb (Film) 1985 Bernard MacLaverty’s wrote the screenplay for the 1985 adaptation of his novel Lamb. The film starred Liam Neeson as Michael Lamb and Hugh O’Conor as Owen Kane. The film begins in a Home for boys run by christian brothers. One of the youngest brothers, Brother Sebastian who real name is Michael Lamb, is horrified by the violence and forms an attachment to one of the boys there. When he inherits a small amount of money, Michael Lamb leaves, taking with him 10-year-old Owen Kane. Michael and Owen pose as father and son until the money—and time as Michael Lamb is being pursued for kidnapping Owen—runs out. External Website

Autobiography/Memoir Desperate Hearts Katherine Summers 2005 Desperate Hearts tells the story of Katherine Summers and her three sisters growing up in London's East End in the 1960s, where their violent father is caught up in the gangland world of dodgy deals, murder and the notorious Kray brothers. Times get tough, Katherine's father forces her mother into prostitution, and the family falls apart when her mother goes into hiding and the four little girls are placed in institutional care.But with the support of each other and help from an unexpected source, Katherine and her sisters gradually rebuild their lives, ending their school days in an exclusive girls school. Then, on St. Valentine's Day 1974, from an upstairs window, Katherine witnesses her father shoot her mother's lover dead in the street below. External Website

Films/Videos Instant Family 2018 Instant Family is a movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, and Isabela Merced. A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster and finally adopt three children. External Website