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Big reforms start with public momentum. If you’re here, it’s because you care about what happens to young people after state care ends. Make it count by becoming a Home Stretch advocate.

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Stay connected and help reimagine the future for young people with a care experience.

From our beginnings as a grassroots movement to today’s multi-agency national campaign, Home Stretch has proven that advocacy gets results. We’ve achieved incredible progress so far by learning, listening, and sharing the facts and stories that change minds over time, but there is still work to be done. We’ll keep this space updated as new evidence and opportunities emerge. 

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Why support Home Stretch?

You’ll stay informed and be ready to act when the opportunity arises. 

You’ll spread the word, helping more people understand the issue with credible evidence and lived experience in shareable snippets.

You’ll be helping us build momentum, keeping the pressure on governments to act and bring about lasting reform.

Seth’s Story
Seth’s Story

“What the Home Stretch program has done for me has been incredible.

They’ve non-stop supported me with the funding I needed to continue my schooling, as well as essentials like clothing and everyday living costs. I’m grateful to have had them in my life. If they weren’t in my life I would have never gotten help from anyone, from keeping my anxiety to myself, to never asking anybody for support. I’m incredibly grateful.”

Ayub's story
Ayub's story

“I grew up in over eight different foster homes and many more residential care placements throughout my childhood. Before my 18th birthday, I was evicted from state care and became homeless.”

Dylan Langley
Dylan Langley

“You go through so much in care that to be left on your own while you’re still trying to get your head around that and the rest of your adult choices, it’s so much to take on board that you are just going to crash and burn.”

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