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

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

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Article thumbnail: Kim Emenike went into care at the age of seven after her mohter died of cancer. She says she had to live in a hostel at the age of 17 and was surrounded by drug dealers and former prisoners while studying for her A levels (Photo: supplied via Become)
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'As a young child, you don’t know what care is. You’re suddenly put in a taxi’

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

Article thumbnail: Helen Black, who co-wrote the second series of women's prison drama Time with Jimmy McGovern, has been commissioned by the BBC to write a new drama about children in care (Photo: supplied by Helen Black)
Article thumbnail: Helen Black, who co-wrote the second series of women's prison drama Time with Jimmy McGovern, has been commissioned by the BBC to write a new drama about children in care (Photo: supplied by Helen Black)
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)