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Debs:
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/9443797.Hilperton_teen_home_celebrates_its_birthday/


--- Quote ---A house for young people who have come out of care has celebrated its first anniversary.

Towpath House in Hilperton, which is a joint venture between Alabare Christian Care and Wiltshire Council, provides accommodation and support for young people aged 16 to 19 and houses up to seven people.

The centre provides a range of independent living skills to enable the young people to move on into their own accommodation.

Manager Abi Reynolds said: “We have had a busy first year with lots of exciting times such as two of our young people completing a half-marathon in September.

“We wanted to do something special to celebrate, so we’ve had an open house day and have been collecting presents to give to the residents as our birthday falls so close to Christmas.”

Local retailers have given donations as Christmas presents for the young people.

Gomples in Melksham gave perfume and aftershave for each of the residents.

A local residents’ group also sang Christmas carols in the house garden last week.
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Debs:
      [app]    [app]      this project sounds a good idea... and not just for those children coming out of care either..   

a few years ago i had a 16 yr old girl live with me and my partner n my daughter.....   she came to visit my daughter and refused point blank to go  home. i wont go into details here ... she ended up staying for over 10 weeks with the social services permission whilst they found her somewhere suitable.  she came to me with no clothes..no money, no change of underwear.... just what she stood up in... she slept in my daughters bed with her anad wore her clothes until i could get to asda and buy her the basics she would need at my own cost.  at no time over the ten weeks did social services offer anything towards her clothes, food, toiletry/sanitary items.   

"suitable"  now that was a laugh in itself... they put her( a young vunerable 16yr old in a shared house where all the other occupants ( in their early 20's)  openly discussed and  laughed about all their drink and drugs abuse infront of myself and the social worker....    i wasnt for leaving her there but the social worker said that was all that was available for the foreseeable future...to be honest they just wanted off their hands because at 16 she wasnt really in their care and they didnt feel a responsibility towards her even though she had been in foster care through them for as long as i can remember........  she didnt know how to cook.wash her clothes or anything like that.... how to budgetand manage her money, the best places to shop if youre a bit tight on money or know what to buy which was nutritional for the least amount of money.   while she was living with me i gave her a crash course on basic cooking...and it was basic because this girl didnt even know how to boil an egg, make omlettes or scrambled eggs even. between me and my mum and my grandmother we got her room looking nice and pretty as it was only furnished with a bed and wardrobe.. got her curtains,  towels bedding, quilt pillows...yolu know the usual stuff one needs when you leave home and go into a bedsit.  within a month her room had been broken into and the stereo i gave her stolen and anything else she had that was sale-able
 
 a house with others the same age and predicament and someone keeping an eye and helping them would have been ideal for her. she was basically left on her own there in the middle of studley green :(  it was a rocky road for her but she is now happy and living elsewhere and in her 20's with a lovely little child.    she seems to have come through it all after a shaky start.  some youngsters dont get the help and often run away and get lost in the bigger cities in this country of ours.

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