Absolutely buzzing to have received an email this morning, inviting me to join the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Lived Experience Forum!!

I was very delighted to receive a lovely reply from Cllr Luis Navarro, Vice-Chair of the Adults and Health Committee, this morning, stating he'll pass my email onto the relevant senior officers across Adults, Public Health, and Children’s Services to consider the matter

Yesterday, I wrote to Cambridgeshire County Council's Coroner's office, and then the Adults and Health Committee, asking them to consider recording the #Care status, as far as possible, for all deaths they investigate.

#LeftToRot by Daniel Hewitt arrived in the post today! Looking forward to reading about the policy choices that led to the #HousingCrisis I've been reading quite a few political books so far this year

Its great to see the government moving to protect victims of domestic abuse in social housing, but one issue is the increased risk in the interim of reporting an abuser before they're convicted. A lot of victims choose not to report for a range of reasons www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Happy #Pride month

Last week, I wrote to all the Huntingdon Town Councillors I feel safe with, expressing my concerns about our #homeless community during the heat; thank you very much to everyone who has replied/escalated the matter!!

I hope whoever replaces Cllr Osborn in this by-election doesn't call #ChildrenInCare "evil" and actually understands and respects their role as one of our Corporate Parents whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/lo...

Read The Story of #TracyBeaker today, which I'd picked up from my local Bernard's charity store. It obviously isn't my usual reading as its middle-grade, but it's such a classic book about children in #Care that I DID have to read it

Disgusted to see Wakefield Council deciding to abolish their #CorporateParenting Committee in their first meeting of the new full council. What a horrible message to send to Wakefield #CareLeavers Voting at 47mins: t.co/GdLrL7h2o7 t.co/4E2sHfeDmz

Last week, I met with senior staff from Hinchingbrooke Hospital, asking them to improve the experiences of #CareLeavers and those with #MentalIllness who visit the hospital. I'm so glad they seemed keen to listen to my experiences and work with me to improve the situation!

It was 5 years ago today that the book I co-wrote a chapter of with Emily Niner from Ambitious About #Autism was published! Read the full book here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/covid-19-and... Read my chapter here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book...

"In the year to April 2026 there were 106 reported deaths of care leavers. In the 12 months before there were 91. Most of those who died were aged 16 to 21" The #CareSystem is broken, and must be fixed www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

When applying for jobs, I was repeatedly told that I didn't have enough work experience, but since leaving #Care at 18, I'd been experiencing #homelessness on and off This is just one challenge #CareLeavers face Watch the Full Council meeting from 6pm: www.youtube.com/live/vPWPA87...

After emailing Cllr Charlotte Cane asking if she would introduce a guaranteed interview scheme for #CareExperienced people at East Cambs District Council, I am very excited to see it, including disabled people, being proposed at Thursday's Full Council meeting eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/defaul...

As part of my new campaign to improve the NHS for #CareLeavers I emailed Helen Morgan MP, as Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, and was absolutely thrilled to get an email from her office informing me she'd submitted two Written Questions to the Health Minister on my behalf!!

UCL recently published a podcast where myself and Chereece Bateson, another Care Experienced person, spoke about the importance of including #CareExperienced people in research about the #CareSystem We recorded it last year soundcloud.com/uclsound/thi...

Speaking of barriers for #autistic people accessing healthcare, under the Accessible Information Standard, the NHS should arrange/provide an advocate for those who need it, alongside other activities. Read more below: www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ac...

Was really fascinating to hear @elizabethmweir.bsky.social talk to us at Youthwatch last night about her research into the link between #autism and poorer health outcomes, including difficulty accessing medical care Here's a link to her research: scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl...

This is such a cool idea to support #homeless people! (Here's the link to the Whattsapp group, if anyone wants to join: chat.whatsapp.com/J1ZP8LkqFUv9...) www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

So excited to see the #ChildrensWellbeingAndSchoolsAct2026 finally come into law, Part 1 of the Act improving rights for those in #Care and #CareLeavers 🥳 (Behind on the news due to being in hospital for most of the past month) legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2...

So excited to see the #RentersRightsAct coming into force today! One of the most exciting changes is the end of Section 21 'No Fault' evictions, which is a massive driver of homelessness Homes are the stable foundation for our lives, and it's about time the law gave more acknowledgment to that

Additionally, 1 in 8 #ChildrenInCare and #CareLeavers aged 4-25+ reported they do not have a good friend. The same report noted the odds of having very high well-being were over two times higher for Care Leavers who had a good friend/were not lonely www.coram.org.uk/wp-content/u...

91% of #CareExperienced adults reported feeling lonely or isolated whilst in #Care as a child- 18% reporting feeling this "all the time" Loneliness leads to many issues, inc lower life expectancy. Supporting relationships for those in Care is vital media.actionforchildren.org.uk/documents/A_...

"We know that 64% of care leavers in Northern Ireland present as homeless within just a few years of leaving the system [...] Without targeted support, we are setting our most vulnerable up to fail." - Jim Shannon MP t.co/aS0146GWxQ

"In 2024-25 alone, 4,610 care leavers aged between 18 and 20 experienced homelessness. That represents a 54% increase over five years, with rates rising 2.5 times faster than among the general population" t.co/wLjOcuYiLk

I am glad to see the government looking into the deaths of #CareLeavers but I am worried this will delay help being implemented and take money away from that help. We know what the issues are www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Renters' Reform Coalition are hosting a webinar at 7pm tomorrow evening on how to help campaign for #RentersRights at the upcoming #LocalElections events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7b12d4...

The April sessions speaking to Children and Young People who've been in #Care in England are underway becomecharity.org.uk/about-us/new...

Ahead of the elections on May 7th, don't forget to register to vote before April 20th: www.gov.uk/register-to-... Registration for a postal vote closes on April 21st: www.gov.uk/apply-postal... Apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate by April 28th: www.gov.uk/apply-for-ph...

“Being a ‘corporate parent’ means treating #CareLeavers as we would our own children. Anything less is not good enough.” - Dame Rachel de Souza inews.co.uk/news/politic...

“A 41 per cent ‘neet’ rate among #CareLeavers is not an outcome we get to quietly accept. It is a broken promise, written in data.” - Alan Milburn, former Health Secretary inews.co.uk/news/politic...

The APPG for #CareExperienced Children and Young People has opened a new inquiry into relationships The inquiry is open from now until 19 June 2026 becomecharity.org.uk/get-involved...

I'm very excited to see Ben Obese-Jecty MP and Hinchingbrooke Hospital responding well to mine and Lianne Simpson's email, outlining the shockingly poor state of #MentalHealth provision and hopefully using the opportunity of the rebuilding to improve this www.facebook.com/share/p/14YH...

Lovely to hear Shaun Davies MP reporting every #LookedAfterChild in Telford recieved an Easter Egg! When I was in a #ChildrensHome, a local group came and gave us a bunch of Easter eggs, and it meant so much to me I still remember it a decade later! www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...

Fascinating new randomised controlled trial by researchers at King's College London studying the impact of giving Care Leavers an unconditional one-off payment of £2,000 www.kcl.ac.uk/research/cas...

Trussell have a tool showing how many food parcels food banks in the Trussell community* gave out in the past year by postcode *not all food banks are part of the Trussell community, so these numbers may be higher campaign.trussell.org.uk/en/parcels-b...