Care leavers have worked with Barnardo's NI to develop the manifesto
A group of care leavers have created a manifesto calling on leaders in Northern Ireland to make the care system a better place for them and future generations.
She said: "“It feels like Northern Ireland politics doesn’t care about care and it’s time that things changed for young people with care experience. “Young people leaving the care system often don’t have someone who will act as guarantor for them, so it’s a vicious cycle.” “A lot of young people in the care system are really worried about what will happen once they leave their supported accommodation. They just don’t know what support they might get – it could be none.”1) We need more support as we progress into adulthood, we need:
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