The IMO Podcast - open and honest conversations with care leavers

Care leaver Charlotte talks to the IMO Podcast about the importance of advocacy, accessing mental health support and moving into semi-independent living. The IMO Podcast is a series of open and hones...

11 Juni 202017min

Louise talks to the IMO Podcast about loneliness and isolation in the care system, the importance of supporting care leavers to study at postgraduate level, and her experience of building relationship...

11 Maj 202020min

The IMO Podcast is back with a second series of open and honest conversations with care leavers. We want to give care experienced young people a place to tell their stories. Each episode we invite som...

7 Maj 20201min

Steven is a care leaver who is training to be a social worker. He tells us how growing up in care has shaped the kind of social worker he wants to be. We discuss how little time families are given to ...

21 Okt 201919min

We met Rihanna through CHIVA, a foundation that supports young people living with HIV. Rihanna tells us what it’s like to grow up with HIV in England. She tells us about the change in support when she...

10 Okt 201914min

We met Nathaniel and Victoria through an organisation called Siblings Together. Nathaniel and Victoria are not related but they both were separated from their brothers and sisters when being taken int...

3 Okt 201916min

Ryan tells The IMO Podcast why he chose to read his care files and how it’s changed his perspective on being in care. We hear about his voluntary work in the LGBT community and he spills the beans on ...

24 Sep 201928min

Ella talks to the IMO Podcast about how she feels she was criminalised to manage her behaviour in children’s homes. She chats about bouncing back from results that don’t go your way and holding worker...

24 Sep 201920min