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Care Leaver Finances

What support and money is available for young people leaving care?

It takes a lot to get started in adult life - finding a flat, learning to budget, perhaps heading to university or a first job.

Many new adults rely on their parents for help but more than 10 thousand young people a year leave the care system.

In this edition of Money Box Live, Felicity Hannah, care leavers, a foster parent and a panel of experts discuss what support is on offer for young people leaving care.

We hear from Callie, Mark, Chantel and Elias about their lives in care and how they have been treated by the system in relation to their financial entitlements.
Joining them are Carrie Wilson Harrop, Young Persons consultant at The Care Leavers Association; Sam Turner, Policy and Participation Manager at BECOME, a national charity for children in care and young care leavers and Eilidh Malcolmson, a team leader who works with the continuing care and aftercare social work team for North West Glasgow.

www.becomecharity.org.uk - helpline 0800 023 2033 or advice@becomecharity.org.uk

www.careleavers.com

Producer Smita Patel
Editor Emma Rippon

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31 minutes

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Wed 12 Jan 2022 15:00

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  • Wed 12 Jan 2022 15:00

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