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Scroll slowly.
Open what draws you in.
Stay as long as you like.
Every voice here deserves to be met with time.
The Living Archive
A growing collection of poems, artwork, letters, zines, conversations and creative work by care-experienced people across the UK.
This isn't an archive of what happened to us. It's an archive of what we create.
The Aftercare Living Archive
A collection of writing, artwork and reflections created by care-experienced young people and adults.
Read slowly.
Pause where you need to.
Return whenever you wish.
I thought I needed
a map.
What I needed
were markers.
Small lights.
Safe places.
People who said:
keep going.
The path arrived later.
I am not the
final edit you see here today..
I know I'm a draft in progress...
I wish adults remembered...
I'm not done growing.
I'm not the final edit.
Being heard, feels powerful...
Get your own words.
Words
Word
Words
I wish more people knew...
That being in care doesn't mean I'm going to
fail in life.
I still have dreams.
Leave with whatever you need.
Hope.
Courage.
An idea.
A poem.
Or simply the knowledge that your voice belongs somewhere.
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