Amanda Taylor, who experienced 27 moves during her childhood in care, has dedicated nearly 40 years to working with Action for Children. Now the operational director in the north of England, she is passionate about ensuring children in care receive dignity and respect.
Amanda Taylor grew up in care and was moved 27 times throughout her childhood. She has now worked for Action for Children for almost 38 years and is on a mission to improve the lives of children and young people
“Me and my sister and brother would often be deposited at social services and my mum would say: ‘They’re yours now’. But then after a while, she would come and demand us back.”Amanda ended up leaving school at the age of 13 with no qualifications because her mother took her to Spain on holiday and they ended up living out there. When Amanda came back at the age of 15, she was taken into care voluntarily while her mother returned to Spain.foster parents.
It was through meeting a woman who was a youth club leader married to a teacher that Amanda’s life changed significantly. The couple decided they wanted to foster her and she lived with them and their two children and says it was an overwhelmingly positive experience. Amanda’s first social care role was in a children’s home with Bradford Social Services. Her next step was to join the National Children’s Home, which later became. She began as a project worker who helped set up one of the charity’s first Leaving Care teams in 1987.
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