Chris Wild

1996, I left care and found myself in a bedsit. My first Christmas Day I had a Pot Noodle on my own. Fast forward 30 years and young people leaving care are doing the same. How can we let this happen? Children in care are still children.

How have we allowed the neglect, abandonment, and abuse of vulnerable children and young people in care to become normalised? How have we accepted that hundreds of these young people leave care only to face homelessness? How have we come to believe that children and young people…

What you don't see in the media is the heartbreaking reality. Far too many young people in our care system are taking their own lives. This tragic truth is hidden from the headlines. Every day, hundreds of vulnerable young people face discrimination, while those who are supposed…

Children in care are treated like second-class citizens. They face daily discrimination — judged, overlooked, and pushed to the margins of society. Many are forced onto the streets, preyed on by predators, and left to navigate life alone. And at just 18, they’re pushed off…

Our streets are in chaos right now. While politicians trade blame and score points, hundreds of vulnerable children in the care system are living in constant fear — fear of exploitation, fear of homelessness, fear of hunger, fear of death. These young people are not just falling…

Let’s be absolutely clear, listen up politicians, hundreds of children in our care system are being coerced into criminal gangs, exploited by predators, and routinely discriminated against by public institutions. The idea that Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights…

Regardless of political agendas, the care system for children and young people must never be used for personal or political gain. I, alongside many others, am committed to driving meaningful policy and legislative reform to ensure that those with care experience are treated with…

The care movement is unstoppable—and I’m committed to driving it forward. I will never stop fighting for a better care system for children and young people. In the past few days, I’ve spoken in Parliament and at key events to champion opportunities for those transitioning out of…

Our Protected Characteristics Group met in the House of Lords today, with some fantastic speeches from young people that spoke in their councils to propose the motions. And the meeting also heard impact from Councils that have passed the motions. Unfortunately I missed this…

Short and sweet, get up, show up and make a difference. One mission. One vision. To build a care system that inspires pride and sets the standard across the world. Because every child and young person in care deserves more than just safety—they deserve hope, opportunity, and a…

For 2 years, I’ve worked alongside incredible people—especially Terry Galloway—to make care experience a protected characteristic. 124 councils now support the motion. We've met senior politicians, and major media coverage is on the way. Yes, Article 14 of the ECHR offers some…

I’ve traveled the length and breadth of this country, sharing my story at keynotes and conferences. And everywhere I go—every town, every city—I hear the same heartbreaking truths, stories of children and young people in care who have been abused, or who are still enduring that…

When it comes to grooming gangs in London, it’s dangerously naive to believe they don’t exist. I’ve spent years working in the care system—both on the front lines and in leadership—and I’ve seen the reality up close. Too many vulnerable children go missing, only to return with…

Consider this, If the UK were to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a critical layer of legal protection for vulnerable children and young people—particularly those in or leaving the care system—would be lost. While the Children Act provides an…

Children in care face systemic disadvantage in education, housing, justice, and mental health. FACT. Recognising care experience as a protected characteristic would challenge this injustice — just like we do for race, gender, or disability. FACT. Some worry it might bring…

The children’s home scandal is poised to become one of the most significant national crises in recent history. For decades, thousands of children in the care of local authorities have endured unimaginable abuse — physical, emotional, and psychological — at the hands of those…

Consider this....if a protected characteristic has the power to transform the lives of children and young people in care, safeguard their futures, and uphold their rights, why wouldn’t it be passed through Parliament and championed as a lasting legacy? We have the solutions—and…

Good to join @annelongfield at the @CfYoungLives summer reception. Great to see @ccwild79 @SteveChalke as well as Minister @StephenMorganMP Really grateful for Stephen’s vision and leadership to improve children’s lives

A young man in care, coerced into crime as a child, turned his life around, earned a criminology degree, and applied to teach—only to be told he's a "safeguarding risk." We say we support care leavers, but the system still punishes them for surviving. This must change.

Let’s be absolutely clear: London is facing a crisis. Criminal gangs—across all communities—are systematically grooming vulnerable children, especially those in the care system, at levels worse than anywhere else in the country. These aren’t isolated incidents. These are…