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To Be Expected…
"Expectation does not stop the painful stuff care leavers go through. It just blames us because other people don’t want to deal with us as we are."
Nov 3
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October 2024
There are more people in space than care leavers at the University of Oxford
This week is National Care Leavers Week 2024. Is the admissions process biased against care leavers at the University of Oxford?
Oct 28
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There are more people in space than care leavers at the University of Oxford
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Please Mind The Gap
The gap of a father is one that never closes. An exploration how my father's sudden death has impacted me and how I’ve never really dealt with it.
Oct 23
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September 2024
Pushed or Pulled?
The paradox of how overprotection from the care system led me (and probably other children) into more dangerous situations.
Sep 16
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Pushed or Pulled?
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August 2024
Memoir Draft: Chapter 1. Going into Care
Flashing with each rotation of the door, was a logo, famous for striking fear into the heart of every working-class family: Social Services.
Aug 25
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Memoir Draft: Chapter 1. Going into Care
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Don't let your results define you!
This week is A-level results week in the UK. I only have 2 GCSEs; no A-levels. However, I was still able to study at Oxford & Cambridge.
Aug 18
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Music allowed me to dream.
Ambitions weren’t part of the world I lived in. They must inspire to get others to aspire. Inspiration requires trust. The care system has never been…
Aug 11
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Music allowed me to dream.
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June 2024
Memoir Draft: Staying Safe
A draft extract of when I first when into care and stayed in a children's home.
Jun 23
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Memoir Draft: Staying Safe
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Memoir Draft: Matthew, Matty, Matt
Moving from a children's home in one country to supported lodgings in another at 16.
Jun 16
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Chucked out at 18...
When is the right time for kids for leave home (when they don't have one)? When do parents stop being parents? When do kids stop being kids? "Was I…
Jun 9
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Working Hard or Hardly Working?
Burnout. The true cost of a creative career from low-income backgrounds.
Jun 5
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May 2024
How a YouTube channel got me to the Oxford University
It is often said that the first step to beating an addiction is to admit it, so here it goes.
May 29
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