1 00:00:02,043 --> 00:00:07,203 This programme contains very strong language from the start 2 00:00:07,243 --> 00:00:10,563 More young people are in the care system than ever before. 3 00:00:10,603 --> 00:00:12,803 But they're rarely seen and rarely heard. 4 00:00:14,363 --> 00:00:16,643 This series wants to change that. 5 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:18,683 MUSIC: A Hero's Death by Fontaines DC 6 00:00:18,723 --> 00:00:21,043 # Never let a clock tell you what you got time for 7 00:00:21,083 --> 00:00:23,243 # It only goes around, goes around, goes around 8 00:00:23,283 --> 00:00:25,683 # Take your family name for your own great sins 9 00:00:25,723 --> 00:00:27,963 # Cos each day is where it all begins 10 00:00:28,003 --> 00:00:30,403 # And don't give up too quick 11 00:00:30,443 --> 00:00:32,723 # You only get one line, you better make it stick 12 00:00:32,763 --> 00:00:35,243 # If we give ourselves to every breath 13 00:00:35,283 --> 00:00:38,083 # Then we're all in the running for a hero's death. # 14 00:00:43,003 --> 00:00:45,403 SOCIAL WORKER: I've been knocking on your door. Is Liam with you? 15 00:00:45,443 --> 00:00:47,563 No, I think he went out to look for AJ. 16 00:00:47,603 --> 00:00:50,203 THUDDING AJ, have you broken anything else? 17 00:00:50,243 --> 00:00:52,163 Yes. I'm going to explode! 18 00:00:52,203 --> 00:00:56,923 DOORBELL CHIMES BIG BEN TUNE 19 00:01:01,883 --> 00:01:03,883 CAMERA OPERATOR: Hello? 20 00:01:03,923 --> 00:01:05,523 Who's behind the door? 21 00:01:07,123 --> 00:01:08,283 Hello? 22 00:01:09,323 --> 00:01:10,763 Door's automatic. 23 00:01:10,803 --> 00:01:13,643 Oh. It's automatic?! 24 00:01:13,683 --> 00:01:15,163 Oh, right. 25 00:01:17,683 --> 00:01:19,683 Who's... 26 00:01:19,723 --> 00:01:21,883 Hello? 27 00:01:21,923 --> 00:01:23,203 Hello? 28 00:01:23,243 --> 00:01:25,243 Fuck. Oh, hello. Fuck. 29 00:01:25,283 --> 00:01:27,043 You seen me? Shit. 30 00:01:27,083 --> 00:01:28,283 What's your name? 31 00:01:28,323 --> 00:01:29,523 I dunno. 32 00:01:29,563 --> 00:01:30,723 I'm Paddy. 33 00:01:30,763 --> 00:01:31,963 Hi. 34 00:01:32,003 --> 00:01:34,403 Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. 35 00:01:34,443 --> 00:01:36,043 Do you want to show us in? 36 00:01:36,083 --> 00:01:38,243 OK. This is where you walk through 37 00:01:38,283 --> 00:01:40,603 and then you do everything else you want. 38 00:01:40,643 --> 00:01:42,403 Don't follow me. Don't follow you? 39 00:01:42,443 --> 00:01:45,243 Mm-hmm. This is a children's home. 40 00:01:46,563 --> 00:01:49,843 Owned and run by Coventry Children's Services... 41 00:01:49,883 --> 00:01:51,603 No-one here. Quite boring. 42 00:01:51,643 --> 00:01:53,243 ..dominated by teenagers. 43 00:01:53,283 --> 00:01:57,803 SOCIAL WORKER: Basically, have you been keeping things bottled up? 44 00:01:57,843 --> 00:02:01,283 Because I'm worried about what's happened today. 45 00:02:01,323 --> 00:02:04,323 Liam, are you going to come downstairs now? 46 00:02:04,363 --> 00:02:07,043 I'm giving you five minutes and then I'm gonna come and annoy you. 47 00:02:07,083 --> 00:02:08,923 SOCIAL WORKER: 48 00:02:08,963 --> 00:02:11,163 LIAM: 49 00:02:11,203 --> 00:02:12,603 SOCIAL WORKER: 50 00:02:13,883 --> 00:02:16,163 LIAM: 51 00:02:16,203 --> 00:02:17,523 SOCIAL WORKER: 52 00:02:27,683 --> 00:02:30,923 No. On your sun lounger... No, we're allowed beach towels 53 00:02:30,963 --> 00:02:32,883 to put on our sun lounger. Yeah. 54 00:02:32,923 --> 00:02:35,723 A core team of ten staff work in the home, 55 00:02:35,763 --> 00:02:37,963 supporting the four young people 56 00:02:38,003 --> 00:02:40,643 aged between 15 and 17 who live here. 57 00:02:41,763 --> 00:02:44,043 Hello. Hi. You OK? 58 00:02:44,083 --> 00:02:46,043 My name's Paddy. I'm Teo. 59 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:48,203 Nice to meet you, Teo. Nice to meet you, too. 60 00:02:48,243 --> 00:02:50,483 Basically, this is the lounge. 61 00:02:50,523 --> 00:02:51,723 Yeah. 62 00:02:51,763 --> 00:02:53,483 How long have you lived here? 63 00:02:53,523 --> 00:02:55,363 I lived here for four years. 64 00:02:55,403 --> 00:02:57,243 Four years? Four years, yeah. How old are you? 65 00:02:57,283 --> 00:02:59,483 I'm 15. You're 15? Yeah. 66 00:02:59,523 --> 00:03:01,163 So, if we go upstairs, 67 00:03:01,203 --> 00:03:03,883 which brings us to Versaf's bedroom. 68 00:03:03,923 --> 00:03:06,443 Yes? AJ's bedroom, Bayley's bedroom. 69 00:03:08,003 --> 00:03:09,883 BAYLEY, MUFFLED: What, bro? Bayley. 70 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:11,723 What? 71 00:03:11,763 --> 00:03:13,443 How's it going? 72 00:03:13,483 --> 00:03:18,243 The only female resident in the home is 17-year-old Bayley. 73 00:03:18,283 --> 00:03:20,523 This is a good room, innit? 74 00:03:20,563 --> 00:03:24,163 Ugh. It's, uh... Very messy. 75 00:03:24,203 --> 00:03:25,803 I know. Wow. 76 00:03:25,843 --> 00:03:28,763 Where's your makeup drawer? Erm... That's on the floor. 77 00:03:28,803 --> 00:03:30,203 Yeah, it's just everywhere. 78 00:03:30,243 --> 00:03:32,763 You're going to have to get used to it. 79 00:03:32,803 --> 00:03:35,243 Could you put the phone down momentarily? 80 00:03:37,163 --> 00:03:39,243 No... I genuinely can't because 81 00:03:39,283 --> 00:03:41,963 I look like a homeless person right now. 82 00:03:42,003 --> 00:03:44,923 OK. What if we film from the back of the room? 83 00:03:44,963 --> 00:03:46,963 OK. BAYLEY CHUCKLES 84 00:03:47,003 --> 00:03:49,683 Do you not feel confident about the way you look, then? 85 00:03:49,723 --> 00:03:53,683 Bro, I look like I just came off a five week bender. 86 00:03:53,723 --> 00:03:56,283 So what are the conditions under which we're allowed to film you? 87 00:03:56,323 --> 00:03:59,123 When I look decent and don't look like a potato. 88 00:03:59,163 --> 00:04:00,723 Ah, right, OK. 89 00:04:00,763 --> 00:04:04,243 Well, I think you've got a good contribution 90 00:04:04,283 --> 00:04:05,443 to make to this film, 91 00:04:05,483 --> 00:04:08,283 as one of its longest-standing residents. 92 00:04:08,323 --> 00:04:10,563 CHUCKLING: Standing residents... 93 00:04:10,603 --> 00:04:12,643 OK. See you later, then. 94 00:04:12,683 --> 00:04:14,603 All right. Safe. 95 00:04:15,763 --> 00:04:17,643 I think a lot of people, in their... 96 00:04:17,683 --> 00:04:20,323 ..don't know a lot about children's homes, 97 00:04:20,363 --> 00:04:23,603 might have a slightly outdated image of what they're like. 98 00:04:23,643 --> 00:04:28,643 I think often the stereotype would be a nice big institution, 99 00:04:28,683 --> 00:04:30,323 huge, great big orphanages 100 00:04:30,363 --> 00:04:33,363 with bunk beds and children crammed into rooms. 101 00:04:33,403 --> 00:04:34,803 That's not the case at all. 102 00:04:34,843 --> 00:04:37,043 The whole idea is that it's a family model. 103 00:04:37,083 --> 00:04:39,203 Hello. I'm going to be washing a car today. 104 00:04:39,243 --> 00:04:40,243 Yeah? Yeah. 105 00:04:43,003 --> 00:04:47,043 We try and create an atmosphere for children where they feel safe 106 00:04:47,083 --> 00:04:50,483 and they build relationships that they value 107 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:53,043 with the people that care for them. 108 00:04:53,083 --> 00:04:56,083 How would you describe Mary? 109 00:04:56,123 --> 00:04:57,883 She definitely does not get paid enough, 110 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:00,123 with the amount of shit she has to deal with. 111 00:05:00,163 --> 00:05:03,203 THEY LAUGH 112 00:05:03,243 --> 00:05:04,443 BOTH: Zee! 113 00:05:04,483 --> 00:05:05,523 Who's this, AJ? 114 00:05:05,563 --> 00:05:06,563 This is Nathan. 115 00:05:06,603 --> 00:05:08,003 He's very kind and everything. 116 00:05:08,043 --> 00:05:10,043 Is he? Understanding as well. 117 00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:13,203 POWER WASHER BUZZES THEY CHUCKLE 118 00:05:13,243 --> 00:05:15,163 SOCIAL WORKER: Pick it up. 119 00:05:15,203 --> 00:05:18,283 Each young person has a key worker to support them. 120 00:05:18,323 --> 00:05:20,483 Bayley's is Kerry. 121 00:05:22,483 --> 00:05:24,723 Shouldn't she be doing this herself, though? 122 00:05:24,763 --> 00:05:26,963 She should be doing it herself. 123 00:05:28,603 --> 00:05:31,123 And most of the time she does. 124 00:05:32,723 --> 00:05:34,323 But you can't help it? 125 00:05:34,363 --> 00:05:37,363 I can't help it. It's the mother in me. 126 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:38,683 BAYLEY: The orange is... 127 00:05:38,723 --> 00:05:41,403 How long have you known each other, then, you and Bayley? 128 00:05:41,443 --> 00:05:44,243 Er, since she moved in. BAYLEY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY 129 00:05:44,283 --> 00:05:45,603 What's that? 130 00:05:45,643 --> 00:05:46,923 BAYLEY: 131 00:05:46,963 --> 00:05:48,363 I think hate's a strong word. 132 00:05:48,403 --> 00:05:51,043 We never used to get on. I didn't like her. 133 00:05:51,083 --> 00:05:54,163 Why not? I thought she was a stuck-up fucking bitch. 134 00:05:54,203 --> 00:05:56,203 And a prostitute. KERRY SCOFFS SOFTLY 135 00:05:56,243 --> 00:05:59,163 Ooh. Well, it's good your opinion's changed, then, isn't it? 136 00:05:59,203 --> 00:06:02,243 She likes to be cared about, although she'd never admit that. 137 00:06:02,283 --> 00:06:03,283 Will you, Bayley? 138 00:06:03,323 --> 00:06:04,403 What? 139 00:06:04,443 --> 00:06:07,523 You won't, you find it cringey when people talk about 140 00:06:07,563 --> 00:06:09,323 that they care about you. 141 00:06:09,363 --> 00:06:11,203 I don't want you to care about me. 142 00:06:11,243 --> 00:06:12,963 Why not? 143 00:06:13,003 --> 00:06:14,363 BAYLEY: 144 00:06:18,163 --> 00:06:19,763 What's that say? SMD? 145 00:06:19,803 --> 00:06:22,403 Suck my dick. Oh. Pleasant. 146 00:06:22,443 --> 00:06:25,803 Or I could do SMS - suck my schlong. 147 00:06:25,843 --> 00:06:26,963 You know? 148 00:06:27,003 --> 00:06:30,683 He is, you're laughing. I told you it was funny. KERRY CHUCKLES 149 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:32,603 Can we go through there? Come on. 150 00:06:35,443 --> 00:06:37,683 Some people see that banter that she was just doing 151 00:06:37,723 --> 00:06:39,843 out there as rude. That's not rude. 152 00:06:39,883 --> 00:06:41,963 That's Bayley being endearing 153 00:06:42,003 --> 00:06:44,163 and that's showing that she cares about you. 154 00:06:44,203 --> 00:06:46,323 If she doesn't care about you, she would openly say 155 00:06:46,363 --> 00:06:47,763 that and you'd know about it. 156 00:06:47,803 --> 00:06:50,243 What she does is then she pushes you away. 157 00:06:50,283 --> 00:06:54,243 But that's... And she'll, she can be, you know, not very nice to you. 158 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:56,163 But why does she push you? What's the pushiness? 159 00:06:56,203 --> 00:06:58,363 Because she wants to know that you're gonna come back. 160 00:06:58,403 --> 00:07:00,323 That's what it's about. 161 00:07:00,363 --> 00:07:02,923 There she is. Look, we're talking about you. 162 00:07:02,963 --> 00:07:06,203 BAYLEY LAUGHS Your ears are burning. 163 00:07:12,003 --> 00:07:14,403 Bayley. What? 164 00:07:14,443 --> 00:07:16,403 Can I ask you something? 165 00:07:16,443 --> 00:07:18,443 Are you an easy person to get to know? 166 00:07:18,483 --> 00:07:19,883 No. Certainly not. 167 00:07:19,923 --> 00:07:21,123 Why not? 168 00:07:21,163 --> 00:07:23,843 Um, I just don't really trust people. 169 00:07:23,883 --> 00:07:26,123 And there's so many people that come in my life, 170 00:07:26,163 --> 00:07:28,083 I'm just used to it and I'm just like, 171 00:07:28,123 --> 00:07:29,723 "There's no point you getting to know me 172 00:07:29,763 --> 00:07:31,603 cos you're gonna be gone in a month." 173 00:07:31,643 --> 00:07:33,283 D'you know what I mean? 174 00:07:33,323 --> 00:07:35,203 Have you lived in many different homes, then? 175 00:07:35,243 --> 00:07:38,883 Yeah. About three residential and... 176 00:07:38,923 --> 00:07:41,803 ..seven foster carers. 177 00:07:41,843 --> 00:07:44,283 What are you able to tell me about what happened to you? 178 00:07:44,323 --> 00:07:46,483 What are you comfortable telling me? 179 00:07:53,003 --> 00:07:54,003 Um... 180 00:07:57,683 --> 00:07:58,723 It's up to you. 181 00:08:00,523 --> 00:08:03,683 There's a lot, but I don't know what to say. 182 00:08:05,243 --> 00:08:07,323 Well, you don't have to say anything. 183 00:08:07,363 --> 00:08:09,643 We'll do that next time. 184 00:08:09,683 --> 00:08:10,683 OK. 185 00:08:12,203 --> 00:08:14,483 Tell us a little bit about this place. 186 00:08:14,523 --> 00:08:15,883 Here, it's like a big family. 187 00:08:15,923 --> 00:08:17,123 Like, we're not blood 188 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:19,043 and obviously, sometimes we have our differences, 189 00:08:19,083 --> 00:08:23,083 but it's like grew up with these for about three or four years. 190 00:08:23,123 --> 00:08:25,643 It'll be four years next year. D'you know what I mean? 191 00:08:25,683 --> 00:08:29,243 So that is a bit, like, the main part of your life, innit? 192 00:08:30,283 --> 00:08:31,803 Do you love them, do you think? 193 00:08:31,843 --> 00:08:33,123 No, I don't love them. 194 00:08:33,163 --> 00:08:35,643 Jesus Christ. That's a bit cringe. 195 00:08:35,683 --> 00:08:37,003 Oh, God. 196 00:08:40,203 --> 00:08:42,003 SOCIAL WORKER: Fry your chicken first. All of it. 197 00:08:42,043 --> 00:08:44,283 Yeah? And then put your seasoning. 198 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:46,643 So should I just use one or two? 199 00:08:46,683 --> 00:08:48,963 Just use one. It's like a cooking show, innit? 200 00:08:49,003 --> 00:08:51,843 Yeah, they call me the Gordon Ramsay of Cov. 201 00:08:53,763 --> 00:08:57,243 Although all the teenagers here seem secure, 202 00:08:57,283 --> 00:09:00,723 there comes a time when every young person in residential care 203 00:09:00,763 --> 00:09:03,003 must leave. 204 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:05,283 ANGELA: Their 18th birthday is technically 205 00:09:05,323 --> 00:09:08,323 when they're meant to leave our care. 206 00:09:08,363 --> 00:09:12,243 So we need to make sure that they're as ready as they can be, 207 00:09:12,283 --> 00:09:14,363 to move on into adulthood. 208 00:09:14,403 --> 00:09:15,603 This one? Yeah. 209 00:09:15,643 --> 00:09:18,763 You know, do they know how much things cost? 210 00:09:18,803 --> 00:09:20,203 Do they know how to budget? 211 00:09:20,243 --> 00:09:22,083 Do they know how to use the washing machine? 212 00:09:22,123 --> 00:09:25,803 Do they know how to iron, be involved in the cooking? 213 00:09:28,803 --> 00:09:30,043 It's all right. It's OK. 214 00:09:30,083 --> 00:09:31,923 That was dramatic. Yeah. 215 00:09:31,963 --> 00:09:34,483 The law dictates that 18 is the line, 216 00:09:34,523 --> 00:09:37,883 but most young people who live with their families, 217 00:09:37,923 --> 00:09:39,803 they don't leave on their 18th birthday. 218 00:09:39,843 --> 00:09:43,123 You know, most young adults aren't leaving until they're 25, 26. 219 00:09:43,163 --> 00:09:44,363 It's a massive ask, isn't it? 220 00:09:44,403 --> 00:09:45,723 It's huge. Huge. 221 00:09:45,763 --> 00:09:47,243 And it's, and it's, you know. 222 00:09:47,283 --> 00:09:48,963 It's the law, but I don't think 223 00:09:49,003 --> 00:09:50,243 it's necessarily right. 224 00:09:52,723 --> 00:09:54,083 As the oldest resident, 225 00:09:54,123 --> 00:09:56,403 that time is looming for Bayley. 226 00:09:57,803 --> 00:10:00,003 She turns 18 in ten months 227 00:10:00,043 --> 00:10:02,763 and staff need to get her ready to leave the home. 228 00:10:04,723 --> 00:10:08,163 Ow! She's going to what's known as the training flat 229 00:10:08,203 --> 00:10:10,923 to practise living on her own for the first time. 230 00:10:12,603 --> 00:10:15,323 You're not worried about staying there overnight on your own? 231 00:10:15,363 --> 00:10:18,243 Yeah, obviously. I'm more worried about this place, though. 232 00:10:18,283 --> 00:10:20,683 Who's going to turn all the plug sockets off? 233 00:10:20,723 --> 00:10:22,043 Do you think you'll miss us? 234 00:10:22,083 --> 00:10:23,323 No. 235 00:10:23,363 --> 00:10:25,403 Be nice to have a break. 236 00:10:25,443 --> 00:10:28,483 Cooking, cleaning, all that. 237 00:10:28,523 --> 00:10:32,603 You're great. But I think being on your own, 238 00:10:32,643 --> 00:10:35,083 I think you'll struggle with that a little bit, won't you? 239 00:10:37,643 --> 00:10:40,403 In all the time she's been with us at residential, 240 00:10:40,443 --> 00:10:43,283 she's never spent any time away. 241 00:10:43,323 --> 00:10:46,323 So all them little things that maybe she takes for granted 242 00:10:46,363 --> 00:10:47,763 that we do all the time, 243 00:10:47,803 --> 00:10:49,083 you know, she's going to have 244 00:10:49,123 --> 00:10:51,003 to be doing them for herself. 245 00:10:54,723 --> 00:10:56,283 Serious? 246 00:10:56,323 --> 00:10:57,923 I'm like a pack horse. 247 00:10:59,843 --> 00:11:01,683 How many nights is she away? 248 00:11:01,723 --> 00:11:02,963 Four nights. 249 00:11:03,003 --> 00:11:04,323 Where is she now? 250 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:06,243 I have no idea. 251 00:11:06,283 --> 00:11:08,283 Come on, seriously, now! 252 00:11:08,323 --> 00:11:09,603 BAYLEY: Coming! 253 00:11:09,643 --> 00:11:11,843 MUFFLED: Is this your laptop? Yeah. Right. 254 00:11:11,883 --> 00:11:13,043 Thank you, darling. 255 00:11:13,083 --> 00:11:14,923 Oh, God. I'm still not done. 256 00:11:14,963 --> 00:11:16,683 I've got things to... 257 00:11:16,723 --> 00:11:19,643 What bag did I give you last? 258 00:11:19,683 --> 00:11:20,683 Ugh. 259 00:11:20,723 --> 00:11:23,443 If I don't have my keys, I'm gonna have to come back. 260 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:26,243 CAR HORN BEEPS I hope you know that. Just stop stressing. 261 00:11:26,283 --> 00:11:28,763 AJ: Go on, Bayley! Don't kill yourself, OK? 262 00:11:28,803 --> 00:11:30,643 I'll try not to, AJ. 263 00:11:30,683 --> 00:11:33,483 Let's put some tunes on to cheer us up. 264 00:11:33,523 --> 00:11:36,003 There we go. MUSIC: Feel It by The Tamperer ft Maya 265 00:11:38,363 --> 00:11:39,363 Right, ready? 266 00:11:39,403 --> 00:11:42,403 TRIUMPHANT BRITPOP TUNE GROWS LOUDER 267 00:11:52,763 --> 00:11:55,043 I don't know whether that... This is six. 268 00:11:55,083 --> 00:11:56,603 So we need to be over there. 269 00:11:56,643 --> 00:11:58,563 Let's look at these numbers. 270 00:11:58,603 --> 00:12:00,763 Shall I go and have a look round for them? 271 00:12:04,763 --> 00:12:07,043 DOOR CLICKS OPEN Hello. I'm Kerry. 272 00:12:07,083 --> 00:12:09,563 I'm so sorry we're late. I think she's gone round the back. 273 00:12:09,603 --> 00:12:11,643 She's gone round the back? Oh, no. Here she is. 274 00:12:11,683 --> 00:12:14,483 Hello. Oh, hi. You remember me? 275 00:12:14,523 --> 00:12:15,923 No. Nope? OK. 276 00:12:15,963 --> 00:12:17,843 Hi, I'm Tracy. 277 00:12:17,883 --> 00:12:18,963 What's in here? 278 00:12:19,003 --> 00:12:20,363 Oh, it's the bathroom. 279 00:12:20,403 --> 00:12:23,603 Yeah, I know how a toilet works and taps and, you know. 280 00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:27,003 Yeah, I know, I know. Your bedroom's your bedroom. 281 00:12:27,043 --> 00:12:29,243 OK? So you know what's in here. Yeah. 282 00:12:29,283 --> 00:12:32,483 OK? Well, we're going to go back to that cupboard, then. 283 00:12:32,523 --> 00:12:34,923 This one? Yep. That should head to the kitchen. 284 00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:37,963 A fridge? I know how a fridge works. 285 00:12:38,003 --> 00:12:40,763 And I know how a freezer works. OK. You know? 286 00:12:40,803 --> 00:12:42,403 I know how to use a toaster. 287 00:12:42,443 --> 00:12:44,643 I'm not going to show you the toaster. And a kettle. 288 00:12:44,683 --> 00:12:47,483 Look, behave. I'm not going to show you that. 289 00:12:47,523 --> 00:12:48,723 OK. 290 00:12:48,763 --> 00:12:50,803 This is your home for a week. 291 00:12:50,843 --> 00:12:53,163 Once you sign this, you're saying 292 00:12:53,203 --> 00:12:55,083 you're going to look after this place. 293 00:12:55,123 --> 00:12:56,843 No smoking in the property. 294 00:12:56,883 --> 00:12:58,483 Not even vapes. 295 00:12:58,523 --> 00:13:02,643 No illegal substances stored, used or smoked, 296 00:13:02,683 --> 00:13:05,883 no offensive weapons or replica weapons. 297 00:13:05,923 --> 00:13:08,323 And the most important thing is you've got to maintain 298 00:13:08,363 --> 00:13:11,883 this property, keep it safe from damage, clean and tidy. 299 00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:14,043 Is she nervous? 300 00:13:14,083 --> 00:13:16,163 Yeah. But she'd never say that. 301 00:13:16,203 --> 00:13:17,683 Why not? 302 00:13:17,723 --> 00:13:20,163 I don't know whether she feels that people might 303 00:13:20,203 --> 00:13:22,043 prey on that vulnerability or that 304 00:13:22,083 --> 00:13:24,003 it makes her look weak. 305 00:13:24,043 --> 00:13:27,923 Yeah, I do worry about how she'll be 306 00:13:27,963 --> 00:13:30,723 because she doesn't like to be on her own. 307 00:13:30,763 --> 00:13:33,203 I just worry that she'll do something 308 00:13:33,243 --> 00:13:36,963 and that she won't be able to undo the consequences. 309 00:13:45,643 --> 00:13:47,643 There we go. That's all right. 310 00:13:50,323 --> 00:13:52,243 So what's good about turning 18? 311 00:13:52,283 --> 00:13:54,083 You get to do a lot of partying. 312 00:13:54,123 --> 00:13:55,483 I'd say that. 313 00:13:55,523 --> 00:13:59,923 # Check this out... # CLUB MUSIC POUNDS 314 00:14:05,403 --> 00:14:07,043 Yo! 315 00:14:11,683 --> 00:14:12,763 What's a big night? 316 00:14:12,803 --> 00:14:14,523 Double vodka and coke. 317 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:17,483 Or a few beers, a few Coronas. 318 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:19,123 Or Desperados. 319 00:14:22,163 --> 00:14:23,203 Byron? 320 00:14:25,243 --> 00:14:26,363 Were you here last week? 321 00:14:28,683 --> 00:14:32,283 GIGGLING: I met you last week, man! 322 00:14:33,363 --> 00:14:35,363 CASSIE LAUGHS 323 00:14:36,443 --> 00:14:38,043 Are you chatting up quite a few girls? 324 00:14:38,083 --> 00:14:39,243 Yeah. Really? 325 00:14:39,283 --> 00:14:41,043 I'd say, yeah. 326 00:14:41,083 --> 00:14:42,803 Sometimes a bit too much. 327 00:14:42,843 --> 00:14:43,923 What, what are your numbers? 328 00:14:43,963 --> 00:14:46,203 Don't know if I can say that on camera. BYRON LAUGHS 329 00:14:48,363 --> 00:14:49,803 She was a ten, ten, ten... 330 00:14:49,843 --> 00:14:51,963 She was a ten, ten, bro! 331 00:14:54,843 --> 00:14:55,963 Come on, then, let's go. 332 00:15:00,443 --> 00:15:01,443 BYRON: 333 00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:03,923 NIGHTCLUB NOISE FADES 334 00:15:10,963 --> 00:15:13,043 Byron and his two younger sisters 335 00:15:13,083 --> 00:15:16,723 have been living with foster carers for the past seven years. 336 00:15:16,763 --> 00:15:19,243 But when he turned 18 a couple of months ago, 337 00:15:19,283 --> 00:15:22,723 he shocked everyone by deciding to move out. 338 00:15:22,763 --> 00:15:24,363 Hello! Morning, you all right? 339 00:15:24,403 --> 00:15:25,403 Yeah, you? 340 00:15:25,443 --> 00:15:28,083 So tell me, when he mentioned that he was going to be leaving, 341 00:15:28,123 --> 00:15:30,323 what was your immediate reaction? 342 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:31,523 Gutted. 343 00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:32,603 Absolutely gutted. 344 00:15:32,643 --> 00:15:33,803 And heart-wrenching. 345 00:15:33,843 --> 00:15:36,083 We were devastated when he decided to move out. 346 00:15:36,123 --> 00:15:37,483 I cried like a baby. 347 00:15:37,523 --> 00:15:39,363 So why did Byron leave, then? 348 00:15:39,403 --> 00:15:42,683 Well, I think you were at a stage where you were... 349 00:15:43,803 --> 00:15:46,363 ..wanting a bit more independence. Yeah. 350 00:15:46,403 --> 00:15:51,483 And you were probably not mixing with the greatest of people. 351 00:15:51,523 --> 00:15:54,203 That's why you're looking worried on your face right now. 352 00:15:54,243 --> 00:15:56,683 I was, like, set on moving out, getting my own place, 353 00:15:56,723 --> 00:15:57,963 like living in my own flat, 354 00:15:58,003 --> 00:16:00,363 thinking I'm going to have the time of my life. 355 00:16:00,403 --> 00:16:02,043 My social worker at the time said, 356 00:16:02,083 --> 00:16:04,243 "No, I think staying with Dan and Rianne 357 00:16:04,283 --> 00:16:05,763 "would be the best thing for you 358 00:16:05,803 --> 00:16:07,923 "because that's sort of the support you need." 359 00:16:11,523 --> 00:16:13,163 No. 360 00:16:13,203 --> 00:16:14,443 D'you want a hand? 361 00:16:14,483 --> 00:16:15,763 Yeah, please. 362 00:16:16,923 --> 00:16:19,123 LAWNMOWER ENGINE ROARS 363 00:16:21,243 --> 00:16:23,483 LAWNMOWER DRONES 364 00:16:25,003 --> 00:16:26,883 What was he getting up to, then? 365 00:16:26,923 --> 00:16:31,403 He was off with people doing weed and getting into trouble 366 00:16:31,443 --> 00:16:34,763 and hanging around with people that were connected to gangs 367 00:16:34,803 --> 00:16:38,523 and just not the people you want him to be around. 368 00:16:38,563 --> 00:16:40,443 Just not the choices you want him to make. 369 00:16:40,483 --> 00:16:44,083 Yeah. Not even the people. Like, the choices he was making. 370 00:16:48,203 --> 00:16:52,203 Since leaving Danny and Rianne's care, Byron has struggled. 371 00:16:54,523 --> 00:16:57,843 He lost his job and ended up in a hostel for young people 372 00:16:57,883 --> 00:16:59,603 at risk of homelessness. 373 00:17:02,763 --> 00:17:08,843 It's just such a small, compact, like, space, like. 374 00:17:08,883 --> 00:17:12,243 It can get quite claustrophobic sometimes, really. 375 00:17:13,323 --> 00:17:14,603 It's not a home, is it? 376 00:17:14,643 --> 00:17:18,283 No. Even though I've been here, like, two months, 377 00:17:18,323 --> 00:17:21,323 it still doesn't feel like a home, really. 378 00:17:21,363 --> 00:17:23,763 How often do you regret moving out? 379 00:17:23,803 --> 00:17:26,003 Every time I talk about it. 380 00:17:26,043 --> 00:17:28,203 Sometimes near enough every day. 381 00:17:28,243 --> 00:17:30,043 Why don't you just move back? 382 00:17:30,083 --> 00:17:33,923 I think technically, technically, there's nowhere to do it 383 00:17:33,963 --> 00:17:37,043 because Dan and Rianne spoke to social workers 384 00:17:37,083 --> 00:17:40,003 and it was along the terms of, you know, "You was, like, taking drugs 385 00:17:40,043 --> 00:17:41,123 and stuff like that. 386 00:17:41,163 --> 00:17:43,603 They're not gonna let someone back into a house when there's, 387 00:17:43,643 --> 00:17:46,483 like, four kids now, you know? And other foster kids... 388 00:17:46,523 --> 00:17:49,923 Yeah. Yeah. What, cos they think you're a risk? 389 00:17:49,963 --> 00:17:53,203 Yeah. It would technically, yeah, when they look at it, 390 00:17:53,243 --> 00:17:56,363 it would technically class as a risk. 391 00:17:56,403 --> 00:17:59,683 What it is, cos we've got, like, a duty of care 392 00:17:59,723 --> 00:18:02,083 towards the other children and his sisters. 393 00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:06,603 And, you know, what affect Byron coming in off his face, 394 00:18:06,643 --> 00:18:09,963 what effect is that going to have on his younger siblings? 395 00:18:10,003 --> 00:18:13,003 And you can't really take those risks. 396 00:18:17,043 --> 00:18:18,843 Whilst in Danny and Rianne's care, 397 00:18:18,883 --> 00:18:21,003 Byron was introduced to rugby. 398 00:18:22,963 --> 00:18:25,003 He showed enough promise to be offered a trial 399 00:18:25,043 --> 00:18:27,003 at a professional rugby club. 400 00:18:27,043 --> 00:18:28,323 It's pretty big. 401 00:18:28,363 --> 00:18:29,883 It could be a future. 402 00:18:29,923 --> 00:18:31,843 COACH: Good, back-pedal. 403 00:18:31,883 --> 00:18:35,123 Go right to 15, make sure that foot hits the line. 404 00:18:35,163 --> 00:18:37,883 18, 19, 20. 405 00:18:40,323 --> 00:18:41,763 Byron tries lots of things. 406 00:18:41,803 --> 00:18:44,643 Byron comes up with ideas and that's what he's going to do. 407 00:18:44,683 --> 00:18:47,003 You know, he gets very focused and that's what he's gonna do. 408 00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:49,803 And he's invested fully in that. Into it. 409 00:18:49,843 --> 00:18:50,963 So... But does that last? 410 00:18:51,003 --> 00:18:52,563 No. No. 411 00:18:52,603 --> 00:18:53,763 COACH: Pass, good. 412 00:18:53,803 --> 00:18:55,883 Ah, unlucky. Back you go, reload. 413 00:18:55,923 --> 00:18:57,123 Still on two. 414 00:18:57,163 --> 00:18:59,163 BOTH: He was gonna be a boxer. 415 00:18:59,203 --> 00:19:00,883 Yeah, nice, stand him up. 416 00:19:00,923 --> 00:19:03,243 And he probably did about two weeks. 417 00:19:03,283 --> 00:19:04,963 Christian, too early on it. 418 00:19:05,003 --> 00:19:07,243 He worked at Hermes. 419 00:19:07,283 --> 00:19:09,043 "I can work seven days a week." 420 00:19:09,083 --> 00:19:11,163 Yeah. "And I'll make loads of money." 421 00:19:11,203 --> 00:19:13,483 He didn't last because he didn't turn up to work. 422 00:19:13,523 --> 00:19:16,003 BYRON COUGHS 423 00:19:22,203 --> 00:19:24,883 BYRON RETCHES 424 00:19:27,483 --> 00:19:29,523 BYRON SPITS 425 00:19:29,563 --> 00:19:33,443 BYRON EXHALES TOILET FLUSHES 426 00:19:38,643 --> 00:19:40,243 It's hard graft. 427 00:19:40,283 --> 00:19:43,203 And I would happily do it, if I was fit enough for it. But... 428 00:19:43,243 --> 00:19:44,963 ..it's, er... 429 00:19:45,003 --> 00:19:46,403 It's hard. 430 00:19:46,443 --> 00:19:48,203 COACH: Let's go, let's go, let's go. 431 00:19:48,243 --> 00:19:49,443 Put your hands up. 432 00:19:49,483 --> 00:19:50,563 Oh-ho! 433 00:19:50,603 --> 00:19:54,123 What happens with Byron when he takes a knock like this? 434 00:19:54,163 --> 00:19:57,123 Byron...can spiral. 435 00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:59,003 And then... 436 00:19:59,043 --> 00:20:01,683 ..you don't hear from him and you think, "Oh, what's happened?" 437 00:20:01,723 --> 00:20:04,603 And then he's gone out and he's spent, he's got no money left 438 00:20:04,643 --> 00:20:08,443 and he's spiralled. He kind of has, like, a self-sabotage. 439 00:20:09,883 --> 00:20:12,443 I think it's massively his self-belief. 440 00:20:12,483 --> 00:20:14,843 Do I deserve to be in this world? 441 00:20:19,243 --> 00:20:22,723 BYRON VOICEOVER: My mum and my dad did have alcohol problems 442 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:26,323 and my dad did have problems with, like, drugs and stuff. 443 00:20:27,523 --> 00:20:30,643 Cos I would have been, like, very young. 444 00:20:30,683 --> 00:20:34,043 But I just remember him just hitting my mum in a hallway. 445 00:20:35,323 --> 00:20:38,603 I'd be scared and I felt broken. I felt lost. 446 00:20:40,083 --> 00:20:42,883 I have, like, been quite down. 447 00:20:42,923 --> 00:20:46,123 I won't ring Danny and Rianne, I won't go see them. 448 00:20:46,163 --> 00:20:48,363 I won't go rugby, I'll just go smoke weed 449 00:20:48,403 --> 00:20:50,443 and try and smoke the pain away. 450 00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:53,723 UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC PLAYS BYRON SINGS ALONG: # You make me feel like I, I , I... # 451 00:20:53,763 --> 00:20:57,123 BYRON HUMS 452 00:20:57,163 --> 00:20:58,243 Where's my girl? 453 00:20:58,283 --> 00:20:59,643 BYRON VOICEOVER: I'll sometimes go out, 454 00:20:59,683 --> 00:21:01,763 sesh it all night sort of thing. 455 00:21:01,803 --> 00:21:05,163 INDISTINCT CHATTER MELLOW SYNTH PLAYS 456 00:21:07,523 --> 00:21:08,523 Yeah. 457 00:21:14,763 --> 00:21:17,923 SYNTH MUSIC BUILDS RHYTHM 458 00:21:19,883 --> 00:21:21,483 BRYRON'S FRIENDS: Five...four... 459 00:21:21,523 --> 00:21:23,843 ..three...two... o n e . . . 460 00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:25,003 Get it down anyway. 461 00:21:25,043 --> 00:21:26,363 Fair play. 462 00:21:29,403 --> 00:21:32,923 SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES 463 00:21:39,883 --> 00:21:41,083 Zoop! 464 00:21:43,323 --> 00:21:46,003 SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES 465 00:21:59,523 --> 00:22:01,843 And how old were you when you first went into care? 466 00:22:01,883 --> 00:22:03,683 11. 11 and a half. 467 00:22:05,363 --> 00:22:08,123 Didn't really understand what was going on. 468 00:22:08,163 --> 00:22:10,403 But then there was one day when we got pulled... 469 00:22:10,443 --> 00:22:12,963 ..into a classroom with, like, my sisters. 470 00:22:14,163 --> 00:22:15,843 And then they said, um... 471 00:22:17,483 --> 00:22:20,363 "We're going to take you home to say bye to your parents." 472 00:22:20,403 --> 00:22:24,043 And as soon as I heard that, I was like, "We're going. 473 00:22:24,083 --> 00:22:25,283 "We're going." 474 00:22:26,483 --> 00:22:30,963 And then our bags were put into a car. 475 00:22:31,003 --> 00:22:33,163 And then they were like, "You need to... 476 00:22:33,203 --> 00:22:35,443 "You need to say goodbye." 477 00:22:35,483 --> 00:22:37,163 And I just cried. 478 00:22:37,203 --> 00:22:38,643 I just cried it out with them. 479 00:22:38,683 --> 00:22:40,523 And I was like, "I don't want to go." 480 00:22:40,563 --> 00:22:43,523 My dad was like, "You've gotta go. 481 00:22:43,563 --> 00:22:46,563 Like, "I can't," he was like, "I can't keep you. 482 00:22:46,603 --> 00:22:49,643 "If I could keep you, I would, but you've gotta go with them." 483 00:22:49,683 --> 00:22:51,683 SYNTH MUSIC POUNDS 484 00:22:51,723 --> 00:22:53,163 BYRON: 485 00:23:04,803 --> 00:23:07,843 SYNTH CLUB MUSIC FADES 486 00:23:18,323 --> 00:23:20,723 BAYLEY YAWNS 487 00:23:23,283 --> 00:23:25,603 BAYLEY LAUGHS 488 00:23:27,443 --> 00:23:28,763 How are you? 489 00:23:28,803 --> 00:23:30,483 Ooh, I'm good. How are you? 490 00:23:31,763 --> 00:23:33,123 How was your night? 491 00:23:33,163 --> 00:23:35,323 Oh. Long. 492 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:38,763 Bayley has spent her first night 493 00:23:38,803 --> 00:23:41,363 living on her own in the training flat. 494 00:23:41,403 --> 00:23:43,363 She has three more days to go. 495 00:23:49,483 --> 00:23:51,683 BAYLEY YAWNS 496 00:23:53,203 --> 00:23:54,243 Bored? 497 00:23:54,283 --> 00:23:55,283 Yes. 498 00:23:58,323 --> 00:24:00,643 I think it's the fact is I'm just used to 499 00:24:00,683 --> 00:24:02,883 bare things going on. 500 00:24:02,923 --> 00:24:06,043 Nothing goes on, so I'm just like, "Oh, OK." 501 00:24:09,523 --> 00:24:16,083 I worry about now, that if she is bored or lonely, 502 00:24:16,123 --> 00:24:20,123 that she'll just have people around her 503 00:24:20,163 --> 00:24:23,563 that might not necessarily be positive influences. 504 00:24:23,603 --> 00:24:26,883 And there's nobody there, really, to be there for her. 505 00:24:34,443 --> 00:24:37,403 She had a history, at one stage we were really worried about her 506 00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:39,403 because she was going missing. 507 00:24:39,443 --> 00:24:40,803 And it was frequent. 508 00:24:42,963 --> 00:24:46,163 Quite worrying. Very worrying. For a young teenager. 509 00:24:46,203 --> 00:24:47,603 Absolutely, hugely worrying 510 00:24:47,643 --> 00:24:50,323 because we know the risks that are out there. 511 00:24:53,803 --> 00:24:55,963 How long would you go missing for? 512 00:24:56,003 --> 00:24:57,723 Hours. 513 00:24:57,763 --> 00:24:59,123 Days, weeks. 514 00:25:01,323 --> 00:25:03,163 I just did what I wanted to. 515 00:25:05,563 --> 00:25:07,603 Were you at risk, would you say? 516 00:25:07,643 --> 00:25:09,523 Yeah, I was. 517 00:25:09,563 --> 00:25:11,763 I've been in a lot of bad situations. 518 00:25:13,283 --> 00:25:19,563 I never, ever called any foster placement home. 519 00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:25,763 That's why my behaviour went really bad. 520 00:25:27,403 --> 00:25:29,963 Fighting, arguing, smashing things. 521 00:25:31,923 --> 00:25:33,763 I was angry all the time. 522 00:25:36,563 --> 00:25:40,163 I didn't accept the fact I was in care. 523 00:25:40,203 --> 00:25:43,963 I kept thinking, "Oh, no, I'm going home. I'm going home." 524 00:25:44,003 --> 00:25:47,603 But I always sit and wonder, if I didn't go in care, 525 00:25:47,643 --> 00:25:49,243 where I'd be now. 526 00:25:57,683 --> 00:26:02,363 Leaving care, the risks for Bayley and Byron feel so high. 527 00:26:06,403 --> 00:26:08,323 Out in the world alone, 528 00:26:08,363 --> 00:26:10,163 carrying the weight of their past. 529 00:26:11,523 --> 00:26:14,163 The odds feel stacked against them. 530 00:26:30,563 --> 00:26:34,963 It's been three weeks since Bayley returned from the training flat 531 00:26:35,003 --> 00:26:36,203 and it's all kicked off. 532 00:26:37,203 --> 00:26:41,083 She caused about £5,000 worth of damage, 533 00:26:41,123 --> 00:26:44,243 flooding the bathroom out. The water came through the ceiling. 534 00:26:44,283 --> 00:26:47,043 There was another occasion where she turned the speakers on 535 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:49,403 full blast late on a Saturday night. 536 00:26:49,443 --> 00:26:51,483 Staff went out and addressed it. 537 00:26:51,523 --> 00:26:54,723 Unfortunately, Bayley grabbed a member of staff by the hair 538 00:26:54,763 --> 00:26:56,083 and shook them around. 539 00:26:56,123 --> 00:26:58,643 And then they ended up on the floor and she kicked them. 540 00:26:59,923 --> 00:27:01,003 Basically saying to everybody, 541 00:27:01,043 --> 00:27:04,923 "I'm not gonna do what you tell me, I'm gonna do what the hell I like." 542 00:27:04,963 --> 00:27:07,883 And I think that's why we made the decision to move 543 00:27:07,923 --> 00:27:09,963 her sooner than we would have planned. 544 00:27:14,283 --> 00:27:16,923 Bayley's behaviour means the staff have decided 545 00:27:16,963 --> 00:27:19,243 to move her out of the home for good. 546 00:27:20,843 --> 00:27:23,163 Is it right that she should be asked to leave, though? 547 00:27:23,203 --> 00:27:24,363 Is that the right thing? 548 00:27:24,403 --> 00:27:26,483 EXHALES DEEPLY Is it right? 549 00:27:30,723 --> 00:27:33,323 That's such a difficult question to answer. 550 00:27:33,363 --> 00:27:36,923 I made the decision based upon the risks that are presented 551 00:27:36,963 --> 00:27:38,883 for all of the young people. 552 00:27:38,923 --> 00:27:40,723 I think that's the challenge. 553 00:27:40,763 --> 00:27:44,283 So...when you have a group of young people, 554 00:27:44,323 --> 00:27:46,643 you have to look at the risks for all. 555 00:27:46,683 --> 00:27:49,203 It's not what I would have wanted for Bayley. 556 00:27:56,483 --> 00:28:00,603 Bayley is now permanently living in a flat by herself. 557 00:28:03,443 --> 00:28:04,723 Yo. Wotcher! 558 00:28:04,763 --> 00:28:06,363 Hmm? Can we come up? 559 00:28:06,403 --> 00:28:08,123 You what? Can we come up? 560 00:28:08,163 --> 00:28:10,083 Yeah. Come on. All right, then. 561 00:28:10,123 --> 00:28:11,883 I'll buzz you in. 562 00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:14,003 Kitchen. Yep. 563 00:28:14,043 --> 00:28:15,323 Lovely kitchen. 564 00:28:15,363 --> 00:28:16,403 Happy with the kitchen? 565 00:28:16,443 --> 00:28:17,443 Yep. 566 00:28:17,483 --> 00:28:19,763 What were you doing, do you think, when you went back 567 00:28:19,803 --> 00:28:21,883 there after the training flat? 568 00:28:21,923 --> 00:28:25,003 Erm, just, shit was happening and... 569 00:28:26,083 --> 00:28:28,363 I was like, "Well, I'm going to leave anyway" 570 00:28:28,403 --> 00:28:31,403 because I knew I was leaving soon. 571 00:28:33,363 --> 00:28:36,323 You tend to push people away before they push you away. 572 00:28:37,963 --> 00:28:39,043 You do that? 573 00:28:40,403 --> 00:28:41,603 Sometimes, yeah. 574 00:28:41,643 --> 00:28:44,283 MELLOW SYNTH TONES PLAY 575 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:47,403 # Shadow 576 00:28:47,443 --> 00:28:50,163 # Take me down 577 00:28:53,323 --> 00:28:56,203 # Shadow... # 578 00:28:56,243 --> 00:28:57,723 Hello, love. Hello. 579 00:28:57,763 --> 00:28:59,443 My friend - well, so-called friend - 580 00:28:59,483 --> 00:29:03,203 took the phone out of my hand and went...like this. 581 00:29:03,243 --> 00:29:05,643 I was wondering how much would it be to get it fixed? 582 00:29:05,683 --> 00:29:08,763 Cos I live on my own now, so, like, money's different now. 583 00:29:08,803 --> 00:29:10,283 I've got £25 here. 584 00:29:10,323 --> 00:29:13,363 How much would that. £60. 60? 585 00:29:13,403 --> 00:29:15,843 OK. So I'll get that done at the end of the month. 586 00:29:15,883 --> 00:29:17,403 Yeah. Thank you. 587 00:29:27,963 --> 00:29:29,843 What's going on? 588 00:29:29,883 --> 00:29:32,803 Broke my phone, my TV. 589 00:29:32,843 --> 00:29:34,563 So there's nothing to do. 590 00:29:35,923 --> 00:29:38,283 I'll just wake up when I wake up. 591 00:29:38,323 --> 00:29:41,563 I have no meaning of time right now. 592 00:29:41,603 --> 00:29:43,403 Do you feel a bit stuck? 593 00:29:43,443 --> 00:29:44,763 Mm-hmm. 594 00:29:45,803 --> 00:29:47,723 You know what? Either way... 595 00:29:47,763 --> 00:29:49,923 ..can't really do fuck all. 596 00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:54,883 MONOTONOUS STRINGS DRONE 597 00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:06,723 A lot of people - even adults - don't like to admit 598 00:30:06,763 --> 00:30:09,443 we get, feel lonely and you can get isolated 599 00:30:09,483 --> 00:30:11,083 living on your own. 600 00:30:11,123 --> 00:30:14,483 Despite continued support from staff at the Children's Home, 601 00:30:14,523 --> 00:30:17,123 the service is concerned for Bayley's well-being 602 00:30:17,163 --> 00:30:19,243 and calls in specialist help. 603 00:30:19,283 --> 00:30:20,683 Come on, then, Mabel. 604 00:30:21,563 --> 00:30:23,043 Let's go see Bayley. 605 00:30:23,083 --> 00:30:25,603 20-year veteran Mandy G. 606 00:30:25,643 --> 00:30:26,763 Not that one. 607 00:30:28,163 --> 00:30:30,723 The first thing I tell my young people, "I'm telling you now, 608 00:30:30,763 --> 00:30:32,163 "I'm a hugger. 609 00:30:32,203 --> 00:30:34,763 "If you don't like hugging, that's grand, 610 00:30:34,803 --> 00:30:37,803 "but you're going to at least get one and see how it feels." 611 00:30:38,723 --> 00:30:40,643 Yay! 612 00:30:40,683 --> 00:30:41,683 Hello! 613 00:30:43,803 --> 00:30:45,003 Have I woke you up? 614 00:30:45,043 --> 00:30:46,043 Hmm. Good. 615 00:30:47,363 --> 00:30:51,203 What's the best bits now, though, about having your own place? 616 00:30:51,243 --> 00:30:52,803 Tell me two good things. 617 00:30:52,843 --> 00:30:55,083 No rules. No rules. 618 00:30:55,123 --> 00:30:57,523 OK. Second thing? 619 00:30:57,563 --> 00:30:59,843 I can do what I fucking want. 620 00:30:59,883 --> 00:31:01,643 Same as no rules. 621 00:31:01,683 --> 00:31:06,523 Right, tell me two of the worst things about living on your own. 622 00:31:06,563 --> 00:31:07,803 Hmm, no data. 623 00:31:07,843 --> 00:31:10,843 No data. What's the other thing that's rubbish? 624 00:31:12,723 --> 00:31:14,923 BAYLEY GROANS 625 00:31:14,963 --> 00:31:16,563 Having to do everything yourself. 626 00:31:16,603 --> 00:31:17,603 Yeah. 627 00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:21,203 No-one can ever take the place of their parents. 628 00:31:21,243 --> 00:31:23,083 And it's not about that. 629 00:31:23,123 --> 00:31:27,083 It's about giving them emotional security. 630 00:31:27,123 --> 00:31:30,363 If you haven't got that, everything else goes out the window. 631 00:31:31,443 --> 00:31:33,883 INDISTINCT CHATTER MUFFLED CLUB MUSIC PULSES 632 00:31:34,923 --> 00:31:36,243 Doof! And I hit him... 633 00:31:36,283 --> 00:31:39,163 You go past the roundabout, past The City Arms and go straight. 634 00:31:39,203 --> 00:31:42,203 Bayley's flat has attracted some of the people she's met 635 00:31:42,243 --> 00:31:44,163 during her time in care. 636 00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:46,083 Oh, my God. Hello. Hello. 637 00:31:46,123 --> 00:31:48,243 KNOCKING ON DOOR 638 00:31:48,283 --> 00:31:51,443 And Mandy's worried that people are taking advantage of her. 639 00:31:53,083 --> 00:31:54,683 Hello! Hi. 640 00:31:54,723 --> 00:31:57,123 I didn't know you were here. 641 00:31:57,163 --> 00:31:59,843 Hello. Yo. How are you? 642 00:31:59,883 --> 00:32:00,923 I'm good. 643 00:32:02,763 --> 00:32:03,963 No. No? 644 00:32:04,963 --> 00:32:08,403 Why do you think I've come to see you in the wee small hours? 645 00:32:08,443 --> 00:32:11,843 Because you are fucking... Annoying. ..annoying. 646 00:32:11,883 --> 00:32:13,643 What I'm trying to say to you is - 647 00:32:13,683 --> 00:32:18,963 and I can't tell you who to be friends with or not - you are a very caring person. 648 00:32:19,003 --> 00:32:21,723 And I'm not saying you can't say no to people, 649 00:32:21,763 --> 00:32:24,563 but sometimes you don't because it's easier than saying no. 650 00:32:25,563 --> 00:32:27,363 Night. Bye, Mand. Thank you. 651 00:32:28,723 --> 00:32:31,003 All right. I won't. No, I won't. 652 00:32:31,043 --> 00:32:32,043 Yeah? 653 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:34,563 Yeah. All right, darling. Bye. Take care. Bye. 654 00:32:39,203 --> 00:32:41,883 DISTANT DOORS BANG 655 00:32:41,923 --> 00:32:45,963 MANDY SIGHS That's, she's just gone crash, bang, wallop. 656 00:32:46,003 --> 00:32:48,323 Traditional. 657 00:32:48,363 --> 00:32:49,483 All right? 658 00:32:49,523 --> 00:32:50,523 Yep. 659 00:32:52,963 --> 00:32:55,443 It's, you know, she's a teenager. 660 00:32:55,483 --> 00:32:57,723 She's got friends that are teenagers. 661 00:32:57,763 --> 00:33:01,203 She has a place where they can come and hang out. 662 00:33:01,243 --> 00:33:04,043 But sometimes she can't say no to people, so... 663 00:33:05,163 --> 00:33:07,083 ..that worries me. 664 00:33:07,123 --> 00:33:09,123 That some people can take advantage. 665 00:33:12,603 --> 00:33:13,603 What...? 666 00:33:15,883 --> 00:33:19,203 LOW-PITCHED STRINGS PLAY 667 00:33:21,843 --> 00:33:26,363 ALARM BLARES FIRE ROARS SIRENS BLARE 668 00:33:26,403 --> 00:33:29,763 A few days later, Bayley's situation takes a turn for the worse. 669 00:33:29,803 --> 00:33:31,803 PHONE RINGTONE 670 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:33,923 She's had a fight with another care leaver, 671 00:33:33,963 --> 00:33:35,923 and Mandy tries to find out more. 672 00:33:37,043 --> 00:33:40,163 I've heard there's been a bit of an incident the other night, was it Tuesday night? 673 00:33:40,203 --> 00:33:41,603 BAYLEY SLURRED OVER PHONE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 674 00:33:41,643 --> 00:33:42,963 Have you been drinking? 675 00:33:44,003 --> 00:33:45,803 No. I'm just really happy. 676 00:33:45,843 --> 00:33:49,963 OK. So is this a case that the police are likely to get involved? 677 00:33:50,963 --> 00:33:51,963 BAYLEY: 678 00:33:52,003 --> 00:33:53,003 OK. 679 00:33:54,003 --> 00:33:58,323 So when are you expecting a knock on your door from them? 680 00:34:00,683 --> 00:34:03,243 Listen, I know there will be a part of you that's 681 00:34:03,283 --> 00:34:05,363 gonna be really annoyed with yourself and probably a bit 682 00:34:05,403 --> 00:34:08,963 ashamed at some point because listen... 683 00:34:09,003 --> 00:34:10,043 You will be. 684 00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:11,203 You will be. 685 00:34:11,243 --> 00:34:12,843 GIGGLING: 686 00:34:12,883 --> 00:34:15,563 Well, you're just caught up with the adrenaline of it all 687 00:34:15,603 --> 00:34:17,563 at the moment, so... 688 00:34:19,483 --> 00:34:21,243 Can we have... Bye. 689 00:34:21,283 --> 00:34:23,803 PHONE BLEEPS Bye. 690 00:34:29,323 --> 00:34:31,003 It's serious. 691 00:34:31,043 --> 00:34:34,603 I am unsure if Bayley's 692 00:34:34,643 --> 00:34:37,603 started to unpick how serious this could be. 693 00:34:40,883 --> 00:34:43,323 I am very disappointed for her. 694 00:34:43,363 --> 00:34:46,803 And my worry is, is that just going to make her think, 695 00:34:46,843 --> 00:34:49,243 "Oh, well, I've got it wrong now, 696 00:34:49,283 --> 00:34:52,203 so I might as well just up the ante"? I don't know. 697 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:08,963 # I'm doing it for the thrill... # POP MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY THEY MUMBLE ALONG 698 00:35:09,003 --> 00:35:11,843 # I'm hoping you'll understand... # 699 00:35:11,883 --> 00:35:12,883 We'll go up there. 700 00:35:16,643 --> 00:35:18,923 MUSIC CONTINUES 701 00:35:21,523 --> 00:35:22,803 It's too bright. 702 00:35:22,843 --> 00:35:24,003 See yous in a bit. 703 00:35:24,043 --> 00:35:25,643 Byron's partying continues. 704 00:35:27,483 --> 00:35:29,523 He's not responded to Danny and Rianne's messages 705 00:35:29,563 --> 00:35:30,683 for a couple of weeks. 706 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,883 So they've summoned him for a chat. 707 00:35:33,923 --> 00:35:37,643 Good night? Threw a bit of a party at mine before. 708 00:35:37,683 --> 00:35:39,683 I thought you were gonna say, "I threw up." Nah. 709 00:35:39,723 --> 00:35:41,603 That's what I was waiting for. No, not yet. 710 00:35:41,643 --> 00:35:42,643 No, not yet? 711 00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:43,843 What, you're planning on it? 712 00:35:43,883 --> 00:35:46,003 No. Oh, right, OK. 713 00:35:46,043 --> 00:35:48,403 What have yous been up to the past couple of weeks? 714 00:35:48,443 --> 00:35:50,963 Well, you'd know if you seen us. 715 00:35:51,003 --> 00:35:53,603 I know. I think everyone's a bit concerned 716 00:35:53,643 --> 00:35:57,763 that you've had a two week bender. I'm finished now. 717 00:35:57,803 --> 00:36:00,443 Are you sure? You've got it all out your system again? 718 00:36:00,483 --> 00:36:03,483 Yeah. I feel like I got deja vu. 719 00:36:03,523 --> 00:36:05,723 Think I've had this one before. 720 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:08,843 You obviously feel it gives you some answer, which I feel it doesn't. 721 00:36:08,883 --> 00:36:11,283 I feel it... Or it gives you some release. No, it doesn't. 722 00:36:11,323 --> 00:36:13,323 It gives you... But you always go back to it. 723 00:36:13,363 --> 00:36:16,123 So, because you go back to it, there is some pull there, isn't there? 724 00:36:16,163 --> 00:36:21,243 To use it as an escape or to use it as...a release 725 00:36:21,283 --> 00:36:23,643 or...want and need to do it. 726 00:36:23,683 --> 00:36:27,803 I feel like everything's just, like, all good, but then, like, mentally, 727 00:36:27,843 --> 00:36:31,883 like...all my head just sort of drops. 728 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:33,523 So I'll use it as an escape, 729 00:36:33,563 --> 00:36:37,243 but then actually I'm just, like, I've just made myself worse. 730 00:36:37,283 --> 00:36:39,843 So you can see why we're concerned? 731 00:36:52,483 --> 00:36:54,083 What do you make of that chat? 732 00:36:55,443 --> 00:36:57,403 It's definitely not something I want to have 733 00:36:57,443 --> 00:37:00,403 on a comedown, to be honest, but they are right. 734 00:37:00,443 --> 00:37:03,003 I do need to sort my shit out and step back up 735 00:37:03,043 --> 00:37:04,883 to where I actually need to be. 736 00:37:04,923 --> 00:37:05,923 Really. 737 00:37:05,963 --> 00:37:07,283 You gonna change, do you reckon? 738 00:37:07,323 --> 00:37:08,603 Yeah, 100%. 739 00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:12,483 I can't keep living like this, so there needs to be a change done. 740 00:37:12,523 --> 00:37:15,403 And I'm the only person who can do that, really. 741 00:37:16,923 --> 00:37:19,483 # Start with the small talk 742 00:37:19,523 --> 00:37:20,683 # Won't you? 743 00:37:20,723 --> 00:37:23,923 # Don't wanna feed the nightmares... # 744 00:37:23,963 --> 00:37:26,043 I wanna get out of that hostel. 745 00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:28,363 To get my own place. 746 00:37:28,403 --> 00:37:30,043 # Don't wanna hear no more... # 747 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:32,843 So to do that, I need to have my own job. 748 00:37:34,003 --> 00:37:35,003 BYRON: 749 00:37:56,043 --> 00:37:58,603 I've just had a message from... 750 00:38:00,683 --> 00:38:02,963 ..the Coventry City Council recruitment 751 00:38:03,003 --> 00:38:05,883 and I am invited to an interview for the position 752 00:38:05,923 --> 00:38:09,523 highways apprenticeship that I applied for the other night. 753 00:38:09,563 --> 00:38:13,523 So it was worth staying up till 12:30am to get that finished. 754 00:38:13,563 --> 00:38:16,243 Highways apprenticeship, what's that? Yeah, highways maintenance. 755 00:38:16,283 --> 00:38:17,843 Oh, so you're working the roads? 756 00:38:17,883 --> 00:38:21,363 Yeah. Potentially starting on between... 757 00:38:21,403 --> 00:38:25,723 ..I think it's between 10 to 15 grand a year. 758 00:38:27,363 --> 00:38:29,323 Which would be quite nice, really. 759 00:38:29,363 --> 00:38:31,923 And there could be a high chance to save up and actually get 760 00:38:31,963 --> 00:38:33,563 out of this place as well. 761 00:38:42,163 --> 00:38:43,203 Byron? Yeah. Hi. 762 00:38:43,243 --> 00:38:44,563 Stewart Stevenson. You all right? 763 00:38:44,603 --> 00:38:45,883 All right? 764 00:38:48,923 --> 00:38:50,643 Paul Sherman. How you doing, Byron? 765 00:38:50,683 --> 00:38:52,763 You all right? Nice to meet you. How are you? 766 00:38:52,803 --> 00:38:54,163 Yeah, not too bad. Nervous? 767 00:38:54,203 --> 00:38:55,483 Yeah, a little bit. 768 00:38:55,523 --> 00:38:57,603 Tell us what you, tell us about yourself - 769 00:38:57,643 --> 00:39:00,323 what have you been doing, what are your hobbies and your interests? 770 00:39:00,363 --> 00:39:05,643 So, my hobbies are playing rugby, 771 00:39:05,683 --> 00:39:09,043 I like, well, going out and socialising with my mates. 772 00:39:09,083 --> 00:39:12,323 OK, so what qualities or skills do you think you have? 773 00:39:12,363 --> 00:39:15,043 I think I'll be a good communicator - 774 00:39:15,083 --> 00:39:17,723 when, when I'm not nervous. 775 00:39:17,763 --> 00:39:20,403 CHUCKLES 776 00:39:20,443 --> 00:39:23,843 Anything else? Your personal life, long-term goals? 777 00:39:23,883 --> 00:39:27,123 Long-term goal is to be able to move out of the hostel I'm in. 778 00:39:27,163 --> 00:39:29,083 And end up in a council house. 779 00:39:29,123 --> 00:39:32,083 LAWNMOWER DRONES 780 00:39:41,163 --> 00:39:42,243 Hello? 781 00:39:42,283 --> 00:39:44,483 Hi Byron, it's Paul Sherman. 782 00:39:44,523 --> 00:39:45,843 Hiya, you all right? 783 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:47,563 You OK? Yeah, are you? 784 00:39:47,603 --> 00:39:49,003 Yeah. Yeah, good, thank you. 785 00:39:49,043 --> 00:39:52,603 I'm pleased to say that you were successful in your interview 786 00:39:52,643 --> 00:39:55,363 and I'm happy to conditionally offer you the post 787 00:39:55,403 --> 00:39:58,003 as highways apprentice. 788 00:39:58,043 --> 00:40:00,403 All right, thank you. Thank you. Bye. 789 00:40:01,843 --> 00:40:03,323 Yes! 790 00:40:03,363 --> 00:40:05,683 What's happened? I got a conditional offer. 791 00:40:05,723 --> 00:40:08,123 It's going to come in the post soon. 792 00:40:08,163 --> 00:40:09,843 Yes! 793 00:40:09,883 --> 00:40:13,243 That's it, I'm gonna be a highways maintenance apprentice. 794 00:40:13,283 --> 00:40:15,003 Buzzing. Congratulations. 795 00:40:15,043 --> 00:40:16,843 Definitely going out tonight. 796 00:40:16,883 --> 00:40:18,523 I weren't going to, either. 797 00:40:18,563 --> 00:40:21,123 I ain't got enough money, but 798 00:40:21,163 --> 00:40:23,763 the money's going to come flying in like mad in a few weeks, 799 00:40:23,803 --> 00:40:26,643 so get absolutely smashed. 800 00:40:26,683 --> 00:40:28,123 Yes! 801 00:40:38,683 --> 00:40:42,483 ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYS SOFTLY HIGH-PITCHED CHIMES ECHO 802 00:40:55,443 --> 00:40:58,803 # Couldn't really love you anymore 803 00:40:58,843 --> 00:41:02,283 # You've become my ceiling 804 00:41:02,323 --> 00:41:05,803 # I don't think I love you anymore 805 00:41:05,843 --> 00:41:07,803 # That goldmine changed you... # 806 00:41:07,843 --> 00:41:10,003 SOCIAL WORKER: Whoa. I love you for the cup of tea. 807 00:41:11,563 --> 00:41:13,163 Great, girl. 808 00:41:13,203 --> 00:41:16,843 Following the fight, a new approach is being tried out with Bayley. 809 00:41:18,803 --> 00:41:21,243 Right. What we're going to do, we're going to look at 810 00:41:21,283 --> 00:41:26,523 if we can make your network bigger. 811 00:41:26,563 --> 00:41:29,283 The service wants her to have reliable adult relationships 812 00:41:29,323 --> 00:41:30,723 as she leaves care. 813 00:41:30,763 --> 00:41:32,963 What's your earliest memory? 814 00:41:33,003 --> 00:41:36,763 So they dig into her past to see if there's anyone she trusts. 815 00:41:37,963 --> 00:41:42,483 Right. So at the Pru, that's where you met Nina. 816 00:41:42,523 --> 00:41:44,883 What was it about Nina that you liked? 817 00:41:44,923 --> 00:41:46,443 We just bonded, innit? 818 00:41:46,483 --> 00:41:48,483 She was, like, the safest teacher. 819 00:41:48,523 --> 00:41:50,323 What did she teach? 820 00:41:50,363 --> 00:41:51,643 Art. 821 00:41:51,683 --> 00:41:53,323 Could I talk to her? 822 00:41:53,363 --> 00:41:54,683 Yeah, you could do. 823 00:41:57,003 --> 00:41:59,123 So she's a really special person, is she? 824 00:41:59,163 --> 00:42:03,283 Yeah. She's, like, five foot and she's always got crazy hair 825 00:42:03,323 --> 00:42:05,643 and she's got, like, hundreds of earrings. 826 00:42:11,043 --> 00:42:13,763 I knew she'd be a good person to go talk to. 827 00:42:13,803 --> 00:42:16,243 She can give good advice and... 828 00:42:16,283 --> 00:42:17,683 She's a bit crazy, like, 829 00:42:17,723 --> 00:42:20,043 she'd make you happy, even if you're feeling shit. 830 00:42:23,123 --> 00:42:25,043 Why do you think you got on so well? 831 00:42:25,083 --> 00:42:27,123 I think Bayley thought I was a bit silly. 832 00:42:27,163 --> 00:42:28,443 So, I would make her laugh 833 00:42:28,483 --> 00:42:30,003 and so when she'd come in, 834 00:42:30,083 --> 00:42:33,643 and if I could see she was a bit down, I'd try and cheer her up. 835 00:42:33,683 --> 00:42:37,963 I would hug her and give her a show of affection when she needed it. 836 00:42:38,003 --> 00:42:41,723 Oh, it's just so beautiful that she wants me to be part 837 00:42:41,763 --> 00:42:44,003 of that extension, you know? 838 00:42:44,043 --> 00:42:45,803 And I was thinking, 839 00:42:45,843 --> 00:42:48,123 of course I'm going to do that journey with her. 840 00:42:49,923 --> 00:42:52,403 Bayley's arranged to meet Nina. 841 00:42:52,443 --> 00:42:54,683 They haven't seen one another for two years. 842 00:42:59,923 --> 00:43:01,683 What are you doing? 843 00:43:01,723 --> 00:43:02,923 Vaping. 844 00:43:02,963 --> 00:43:04,803 Oh, my God. You're still small. 845 00:43:04,843 --> 00:43:06,283 Oh, so are you. 846 00:43:06,323 --> 00:43:07,923 Oh, how are you? 847 00:43:07,963 --> 00:43:09,403 I'm good. How are you? 848 00:43:09,443 --> 00:43:12,243 Oh, you look so well! 849 00:43:12,283 --> 00:43:15,723 You know, when Veronica phoned me, I started crying. 850 00:43:15,763 --> 00:43:17,843 I know. I could imagine you crying. 851 00:43:17,883 --> 00:43:20,843 You know what? I used to cry all the time. Still do... 852 00:43:20,883 --> 00:43:23,123 Still got your earrings and your bangles. I have. 853 00:43:23,163 --> 00:43:26,043 And how is it, though, moving now? Being on your own? 854 00:43:26,083 --> 00:43:28,323 It's all right. What's it like being on your own, though? 855 00:43:28,363 --> 00:43:31,643 It's nice. Do you like it? It's peaceful. Really? 856 00:43:31,683 --> 00:43:34,003 When I first moved in my flat, I can't lie, 857 00:43:34,043 --> 00:43:36,203 I may have just partied for a solid month. 858 00:43:36,243 --> 00:43:37,363 No, you're not, are you? 859 00:43:37,403 --> 00:43:39,683 No, not, no, that was when I first moved in. 860 00:43:39,723 --> 00:43:41,603 OK. But I'm good now. 861 00:43:41,643 --> 00:43:42,643 OK. 862 00:43:43,803 --> 00:43:48,963 Watching the change from when she was that young girl, 863 00:43:49,003 --> 00:43:55,203 then going into care and how the care system affected her, 864 00:43:55,243 --> 00:43:57,403 going from one place to the next, 865 00:43:57,443 --> 00:43:58,963 not having the security, 866 00:43:59,003 --> 00:44:00,843 not knowing where you're going to go. 867 00:44:00,883 --> 00:44:04,563 And then now for her to come out of it on the other side, 868 00:44:04,603 --> 00:44:09,043 I will hope that I can guide her and be that guidance for her. 869 00:44:10,523 --> 00:44:13,443 I'm going to talk to you like we'd talk if you were my daughter. 870 00:44:13,483 --> 00:44:16,163 OK? So I will say the things directly to you. 871 00:44:16,203 --> 00:44:18,523 I used to before, but it will be even worse. 872 00:44:18,563 --> 00:44:20,363 You're going to say, "Would you stop nagging me?" 873 00:44:20,403 --> 00:44:22,523 But I'm not going to stop. OK? 874 00:44:22,563 --> 00:44:25,483 Hm. Oh, God, I'm so proud of you! 875 00:44:25,523 --> 00:44:29,963 Time to just not do any more nonsense and just stay focused. No. 876 00:44:30,003 --> 00:44:31,243 I've cut down a lot. 877 00:44:31,283 --> 00:44:34,243 And you know if I don't approve of somebody, I will tell you. 878 00:44:34,283 --> 00:44:36,243 You always used to do that. I did. 879 00:44:36,283 --> 00:44:38,803 But this time it'll be like, I mean it. 880 00:44:40,563 --> 00:44:43,523 How long do you want her to be in your life? 881 00:44:45,123 --> 00:44:46,323 Till she dies. 882 00:44:47,923 --> 00:44:50,763 She'll probably die before me, so until she dies. 883 00:44:50,803 --> 00:44:51,803 All the way? 884 00:44:51,843 --> 00:44:53,523 Yep. 885 00:44:53,563 --> 00:44:55,043 I'll go to her funeral. 886 00:45:02,723 --> 00:45:05,443 What do you feel you've achieved in the last six months? 887 00:45:05,483 --> 00:45:07,203 Well, there's a lot of positives. 888 00:45:07,243 --> 00:45:09,723 I've now got an apprenticeship with the council. 889 00:45:11,043 --> 00:45:13,323 D'you reckon that'd be all right if I stamp on it 890 00:45:13,363 --> 00:45:15,843 or d'you want me to shovel it down a bit more? Yeah? 891 00:45:17,843 --> 00:45:18,963 Are you proud of him? 892 00:45:19,003 --> 00:45:21,083 Every day. So proud of him. 893 00:45:21,123 --> 00:45:24,163 He gets on a bus at, like, 6:00 in the morning 894 00:45:24,203 --> 00:45:26,163 and he goes to work. And he goes to work. 895 00:45:26,203 --> 00:45:27,323 He's sticking at it, then? 896 00:45:27,363 --> 00:45:28,363 And he's sticking at it. 897 00:45:28,403 --> 00:45:31,323 This is the longest ...job he's ever stuck at. 898 00:45:31,363 --> 00:45:33,683 He's stuck at. So we're extremely proud of him. 899 00:45:33,723 --> 00:45:36,163 COACH: I say it every week, boys. Seeker's creed. 900 00:45:36,203 --> 00:45:37,883 Ready? ALL: Set! 901 00:45:37,923 --> 00:45:39,963 And...one, two, three, four! 902 00:45:40,003 --> 00:45:43,123 I almost quit rugby, but now I'm back playing. 903 00:45:43,163 --> 00:45:44,883 I'm just starting to grow a love for it, 904 00:45:44,923 --> 00:45:47,643 actually enjoying the social, just speaking about work, 905 00:45:47,683 --> 00:45:50,883 having actual grown-up conversations. 906 00:45:53,963 --> 00:45:59,443 When people ask me about Byron, I talk to them like he's my own son. 907 00:46:01,843 --> 00:46:05,603 You just want the children that leave your care... 908 00:46:05,643 --> 00:46:09,043 to feel like, even when they weren't with their birth family, 909 00:46:09,083 --> 00:46:13,123 they were loved and they were supported and they mattered. 910 00:46:17,563 --> 00:46:19,043 I've got my own flat. 911 00:46:36,003 --> 00:46:38,323 You can see that she looked after us. 912 00:46:38,363 --> 00:46:39,443 Oh, God. 913 00:46:39,483 --> 00:46:41,883 He is struggling to find his place. 914 00:46:41,923 --> 00:46:44,483 This is the day I went into foster care. 915 00:46:44,523 --> 00:46:46,163 I've never really known my dad. 916 00:46:46,203 --> 00:46:48,843 If there's any way you could help me find him. 917 00:46:48,883 --> 00:46:51,363 SHE SOBS 918 00:47:11,763 --> 00:47:14,763 Subtitles by Red Bee Media