LACES L O O K E D A F T E R & C A R E E X P E R I E N C E D S O L I D A R I T Y SOCIAL WORKER WONT PICK UP THE PHONE ... I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A PRIVATE GUARANTOR FOR MY FLAT ... I ' VE BEEN DUMPED IN THIS ACCOMMODATION AND LEFT WITH NO SUPPORT ... I ' M BEING PAID AS A 16 YEAR OLD BUT PAYING THE SAME BILLS AS A 25 YEAR OLD .... LOCAL AUTHORITY ' S GRANTS AND BURSARIES HAVE ALL BEEN CUT ..... LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAVE CLOSED DOWN ... MY PATHWAY PLAN HAS CRUMPLED APART ... I DON ' T WANT TO SOFA SURF ANYMORE AND I DON ' T WANT TO BE HOMELESS AGAIN .... ALL AUSTERITY CUTS TO BE REVERSED IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY (UK) CARE-LEAVERS ARE.... the care and after care system is broke, capitalism saw to that, join laces and fight for a socialist soicety of the millions not the millionaires, fight for.... SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A DEMOGRAPHIC ROUGHLY 1 / 3 OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN CARE EXPERIENCED ONLY 9 % REACH UNIVERSITY - COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 47 % 40-60 % OF SEX WORKERS HAVE LIKELY BEEN CARE EXPERIENCED MAKE UP 30-35 % OF PRISON POPULATION X4 TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF SUICIDE RATES X7 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD THE FOSTER CARE SECTOR TO BE BROUGHT UNDER DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND REVERSE ALL PRIVATISED RELATED CHILDREN ' S SERVICES END THE ' POSTCODE ' LOTTERY SYSTEM OF SUPPORT SERVICE ACCESSIBILITY BRINGING BACK, INCREASING AND NATIONAL EXPANSION OF CARE LEAVER BURSARIES / GRANTS LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN CARE / AFTER CARE SERVICES TILL 28 @ LACE.SOLIDARITY @ LACE_SOLIDARITY LACE.SOLIDARITY LACE.SOLIDARITY @ GMAIL.COM