Let’s be brutally honest, for decades, people in positions of power have abused vulnerable children in our care system and walked away without a single criminal investigation. Paedophiles shielded by their status and connections. Children and young people silenced, disbelieved, and abandoned by the very state that was supposed to protect them. This isn’t history. It’s still happening — across the country. Power to the people. #changeiscoming

I am calling on @Calderdale Council to issue a full and public apology to the survivors of Skircoat Lodge Children's Home in Halifax. Too many survivors have already died without receiving the recognition, justice, and apology they deserved. It must never happen again.

What a journey this has been. For the last three years, I’ve campaigned relentlessly alongside my friend and colleague Terry Galloway to make care experience a protected characteristic. Not because it’s easy — but because it’s right. The movement is growing. The momentum is real. And we are not stopping. We’ll keep going until every young person in the care system has the protection, dignity, and respect they deserve. 2026 will be bigger. Louder. Better. #ChangeIsComing

Justice has finally been served — but it came far too late for the hundreds of children who suffered at the hands of predators working at Skircoat Lodge Children's Home in Halifax. Let this be a warning to anyone, past or present, who thinks children in our care system are disposable — who treat them like wild animals, like second-class citizens. We were children. We deserved protection. To my friends I lost to suicide because of what was done to them — this is for you. Your voices were silenced, but your truth will never be buried. Damaged isn’t just a memoir of my life. It’s survival. It’s truth. It’s a promise that change is coming. And it’s time to fix this broken system once and for all. To those at Calderdale Council who turned a blind eye — survivors deserve more than silence. They deserve a public apology. Know this. #changeiscoming