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© Barnardo's 2014. This is a spoof. This site has been created to illustrate the type of accommodation issues care leavers face in some B&B-type accommodation. This site has no connection to any existing travel or accommodation search sites.

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About carebandb

Too many children leaving care, some as young as 16, are sent to live alone in unsafe B&B accommodation. carebandb.org.uk has been created, as part of our Beyond Care campaign, to draw attention to the state of the accommodation that young people are placed in, informed by care leavers’ experiences.

We hope the site will encourage people to act now to stop the use of unsuitable accommodation for care leavers by Local Authorities.

Campaigners can join us to ask their local councillors to commit to make sure care leavers are not placed in unsuitable accommodation, and to work with their local authority to reduce its use of B&B to emergency instances only.

Why take action

Hundreds of care leavers, some as young as 16, are sent to live alone in unsafe B&B accommodation each year.

Local authorities are told if they put a care leaver in a B&B it should be only in an emergency when there is no other option, but this isn’t what is happening. Some care leavers are being left to stay in horrible B&Bs for more than 28 days – this is unacceptable.

You can help change this. We need local authorities to start thinking more about care leavers and how to meet their needs. Act now and help care leavers in your local area.

Thank you.

Contact us

If you’d like to know more about our campaign or have any questions please email campaigns@barnardos.org.uk