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- Care experiences
- Behind the glittering bows: creating new traditions at Christmas
- Breaking away from care
- Care Day 2020: Dear future me
- Career experienced people: meet Meera, a care-experienced Associate Director at the NHS
- #caretolisten: Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield on her ‘superpower’ for children in the care system
- #caretolisten: new podcast series featuring first-hand experiences of life in care
- Changing the way foster carers are recruited
- Children aren’t leaving care, care is leaving them
- [COMPETITION CLOSED] Share your biggest achievement for your chance to win 40 hours of driving lessons with the AA
- An open letter to my foster carer
- Dear younger me
- Dispelling stereotypes around dating and relationships in foster care
- Do I regret going into care?
- From loss to lectures
- How accurate is Tracy Beaker?
- How coronavirus has impacted me as a care leaver, and advice for others
- How do you #definecare? A collaborative poem by care experienced people
- I made it out
- I’m worth so much more than I believed
- Bonus IMO podcast episode: we’ve won GOLD at the European Lovie Awards!
- Let’s chat: Foster care, trauma, the media, and why it’s time to change
- IMO chats to Cambridge graduate and care leaver Ashley John Baptiste
- Making the jump from care to college
- My journey
- My life in foster care
- Our humanity
- Saving lives
- Seven years of separation in care
- Surviving your first placement
- Taking control of the narrative with my debut novel Careless
- Taking my power back through creative writing
- The IMO Podcast: Conversations at Christmas
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 1: Ella’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 2: Ryan’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 3: Nathaniel and Victoria’s stories
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 4: Rihanna’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 5: Steven’s story
- The IMO podcast, series 2 episode 4: Zara’s story
- The IMO podcast, series 2 episode 7: Djamila’s story
- The more you give, the more you get back
- Time to care more
- Welcome to IMO – a message from others
- What are your reasons to be proud?
- What I wish I’d known before becoming a care-experienced social worker
- What people think
- What you should know about Kai
- What’s it’s really like to be in care?
- Who are you? Expressing identities through art
- My unconventional route to university
- Why I’ve launched a YouTube channel dedicated to sharing my experiences
- Why should I join my local Children in Care Council?
- Why we joined our local Children in Care Council
- ‘Write Speak Share’ writing competition winners announced
- Careers
- 7 CV-writing tips to help you land your dream job
- 8 tips to help you nail an interview
- Back to school
- Career experienced people: meet Meera, a care-experienced Associate Director at the NHS
- Career-experienced people: meet Jamie, a care-experienced Executive at Rolls-Royce
- Dear younger me: School
- Exploring Henry VIII’s wine cellars
- Get a paid internship in the Civil Service
- Getting a job whilst in foster care
- Having a say on knife crime and votes at 16
- How my experiences helped me with my apprenticeship
- Learn skills and knowledge to work in TV and film
- My day at the Department for Education
- Studying to become a social worker
- Taking over Whitehall
- Volunteer Police Cadets: Adventure, community and a CV they’ll salute you for
- What I wish I’d known before becoming a care-experienced social worker
- Education
- Career-experienced people: meet Jamie, a care-experienced Executive at Rolls-Royce
- Get a paid internship in the Civil Service
- Making the jump from care to college
- Planting the seed: going to university as a care leaver
- The IMO podcast, series 2 episode 4: Zara’s story
- What I wish I’d known before becoming a care-experienced social worker
- Life hacks
- 5 things you can do to make sure your voice is heard
- 7 CV-writing tips to help you land your dream job
- 8 tips to help you nail an interview
- Advice from others: Coming into care and relationships
- Advice from others: Mental health
- Advice from others: Your experiences and identity
- Career experienced people: meet Meera, a care-experienced Associate Director at the NHS
- Coronavirus – what you need to know
- An open letter to my foster carer
- How can I look after my wellbeing while self-isolating?
- How coronavirus has impacted me as a care leaver, and advice for others
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Aubergine and lentil vindaloo
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Broad bean salad
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Carrot, cumin and kidney bean burgers
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Courgette lemon pancakes
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Creamy mustard chicken and winter veg
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Piña colada bread
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Salted caramel banana cake
- Quick and delicious budget recipes: Ultimate lasagne
- Quick, easy and delicious budget recipes from Jack Monroe
- Scrapping council tax for care leavers
- Surviving your first placement
- Take part in our virtual book club!
- What makes you happy?
- Why should I join my local Children in Care Council?
- Advice from others: You are not alone
- Your stories
- A bumpy road to feeling good
- A community zine exploring our stories in a way which feels comfortable
- A list of incredible people who were fostered, adopted or in children’s homes, compiled by Lemn Sissay
- Back to school
- Behind the glittering bows: creating new traditions at Christmas
- Breaking away from care
- Care Day 2020: Dear future me
- Career experienced people: meet Meera, a care-experienced Associate Director at the NHS
- Career-experienced people: meet Jamie, a care-experienced Executive at Rolls-Royce
- #caretolisten: Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield on her ‘superpower’ for children in the care system
- #caretolisten: new podcast series featuring first-hand experiences of life in care
- #caretolisten: Rapper Ric Flo channels his thoughts and feelings about his care experience through his music
- #caretolisten: Stuart Haden on why it is important to listen to the voices of children in care
- Changing the way foster carers are recruited
- Children aren’t leaving care, care is leaving them
- Coming out without a family
- [COMPETITION CLOSED] Share your biggest achievement for your chance to win 40 hours of driving lessons with the AA
- Conversations with care leavers: gaining independence after care
- Conversations with care leavers: getting a job
- Conversations with care leavers: leaving care and living independently
- Conversations with care leavers featuring Debbie Douglas: Fostering through the years
- Conversations with care leavers: staying in touch with family
- Coronavirus: what help and support do you need?
- Coronavirus – what you need to know
- Dear me
- Dear younger me: advice to my younger self
- Dear younger me: Confidence
- Dear younger me: Life lessons
- Dear younger me: Mental health
- Dear younger me: Relationships
- Dear younger me: School
- Dear younger me: School
- Dear younger me: Speaking up and getting help
- Dear younger me: Stigma
- Dispelling stereotypes around dating and relationships in foster care
- Do I regret going into care?
- Do you have a story to tell?
- Finding my voice and owning my reality
- Foster Care Fortnight 2019: Changing futures
- My journey from foster care to the University of Oxford
- From loss to lectures
- Getting that ‘lightbulb moment’ to try new things
- GIVEAWAY! Win a back to school kit including goodies from Madlug and Breethe
- Giving care leavers a Christmas Day they’ll never forget
- Have you been kind today?
- How accurate is Tracy Beaker?
- How can I look after my wellbeing while self-isolating?
- How coronavirus has impacted me as a care leaver, and advice for others
- How do you #definecare? A collaborative poem by care experienced people
- How my experiences helped me with my apprenticeship
- I made it out
- I’m worth so much more than I believed
- Bonus IMO podcast episode: we’ve won GOLD at the European Lovie Awards!
- Improving the health and wellbeing of black women with Amour Destiné
- Keep sharing your stories
- Kickstart your career with our virtual careers event – sign up now!
- Let’s chat: Foster care, trauma, the media, and why it’s time to change
- Let’s talk about mental health
- IMO chats to Cambridge graduate and care leaver Ashley John Baptiste
- Making the jump from care to college
- My journey
- Studying to become a social worker
- My life in foster care
- Our first night in a children’s home
- Our humanity
- Planting the seed: going to university as a care leaver
- Roots, Shoots and Fruits: The Care Experienced Conference 2019
- Saving lives
- Seven years of separation in care
- She read as she cradled
- Studying at the University of Oxford as a care leaver
- Taking my power back through creative writing
- The IMO Podcast: nominated for Best New Podcast at the 2020 British Podcast Awards!
- The IMO Podcast: Conversations at Christmas
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 1: Ella’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 2: Ryan’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 3: Nathaniel and Victoria’s stories
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 4: Rihanna’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 1 episode 5: Steven’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 2 episode 1: Louise’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 2 episode 2: Charlotte’s story
- The IMO Podcast, series 2 episode 3: Max and Brandon’s story
- The IMO podcast, series 2 episode 4: Zara’s story
- The IMO podcast, series 2 episode 6: Jojo’s story
- The more you give, the more you get back
- The strength within you
- Time to care more
- Six tips for making the best of the festive season
- Walking in our shoes
- Welcome to IMO – a message from others
- What does the term ‘family’ actually mean?
- What I wish I’d known before becoming a care-experienced social worker
- What makes us all thrive
- What matters most to you?
- What people think
- What you should know about Kai
- What’s it’s really like to be in care?
- My unconventional route to university
- Why I’ve launched a YouTube channel dedicated to sharing my experiences
- Why we joined our local Children in Care Council
- ‘Write Speak Share’ writing competition winners announced
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