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    Headsworth, Bubbles and Tubs
  Alison Dundas   Alison Dundas:
"I always thought that because I'd always had a social worker, my kids would have one too."


    'Katy' and Me
  Alan Kemp   Alan Kemp:
"I am glad that 'Katy' came to my rescue to make me realise I had the potential to go far."


    Lost and Found
  Manchester high rise flats   Kate:
"I literally left with the clothes on my back, I had to leave everything I knew behind especially my friends."


    I am what I am, Big Bird's Jam
  Donna McCarthy   Donna McCarthy
"As being the only hearing child in my family I had to learn to sign."


    Raising Kane
  April Jewitt's film   April Jewitt:
"Although he was my child, it’s as if he was only on loan to me for a short while and, then had to go back."




    My Sister
  Michael Every's film   Michael Every:
"The biggest person in my world happens to be smaller than me."


    Taking Care
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    Life's Labels
  Tania   Tania:
"I saw myself as a brown parcel being passed from place to
place."


    Lost and Found
  Vikki Shawcross   Vikki Shawcross:
"I treat my foster family as my real family."


    What A Life
  Beverley Rustill   Beverley Rustill:
"We both thought having a baby would make us happy and more responsible."


    My Charlie
  Amber Louise McGuire film   Amber Louise McGuire:
"I took an overdose. I felt as low as the scales on a snake's belly."


    Why Me!
  Daniel Drinkwater's film   Daniel Drinkwater:
"I knew he was lying, lying again, he was always lying."


    I'm Gonna Win
  Cindy Brogan  

Cindy Brogan:
"It felt like history was repeating. I’d lost a family again."



    Overseas Journey
  Charlie Derbyshire: Overseas Journey  

Charlie Derbyshire:
"I saw long boats..there were great views..and we had great laughs."



    My Life on the Tracks
  Craig Hoodlass   Craig Hoodlass:
"I’d sit on the tracks and play chicken with the trains."

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