Opinion
Aasma Day
Ian BirrellYasmin Alibhai-BrownEmma BarnettSimon KelnerEsther WalkerVicky SprattMore i Columnists
avatar image

Aasma Day

Article thumbnail: Matt Dalton has experienced several episodes of homelessness after he left care at 18 (Photo: supplied via Become)
News
i Christmas appeal

‘You’re given a safety net in care, but at 18, you can suddenly be homeless’

Matt Dalton tells i he felt relief when he was taken into care at 15 - but at 17, he faced the ‘care cliff’ as he was suddenly expected to fend for himself

News
i Christmas appeal

‘Being in care ripped me away from my twin sister - I won’t lose her again'

News
i Christmas appeal

‘I went into care at 7 after my mum died - the system is a constant battle'

Article thumbnail: Lamar Mohsen, 17, says being in care can be a rollercoaster journey. She explains how difficult it is for young people when they are suddenly sent somewhere different for a few weeks when their foster carers go on holiday (Photo: supplied via Become)
News
i Christmas appeal

'I was moved 250 miles in care - people stared at me because I was black'

News
i Christmas appeal

Putting children in care to punish women is utterly stupid, says Time co-writer

Article thumbnail: Riley Kemp has visited Parliament along with other young people with charity Become to campaign for improvements to the care system. He says it means so much to have a voice (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Riley Kemp has visited Parliament along with other young people with charity Become to campaign for improvements to the care system. He says it means so much to have a voice (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Zara Clench, 22, went into care at 13 and says she wouldn?t be the young woman she is today without her foster parents Roger and Sheena. Roger sadly died of cancer a couple of years after Zara began living with them (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Zara Clench, 22, went into care at 13 and says she wouldn?t be the young woman she is today without her foster parents Roger and Sheena. Roger sadly died of cancer a couple of years after Zara began living with them (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Duncan Langley had just turned 12 when he and his siblings went into care. He describes how hard it is for young people in care when they turn 18 and support suddenly ends (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Duncan Langley had just turned 12 when he and his siblings went into care. He describes how hard it is for young people in care when they turn 18 and support suddenly ends (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Jennifer Mohammadi, 26, who went into care at 14, tells i how she used her diabetes as a way of communicating her turmoil and a way of getting the safe haven she craved before entering care -and as a coping mechanism during her care journey (Photo: supplied via Become)
Article thumbnail: Jennifer Mohammadi, 26, who went into care at 14, tells i how she used her diabetes as a way of communicating her turmoil and a way of getting the safe haven she craved before entering care -and as a coping mechanism during her care journey (Photo: supplied via Become)