ABSTRACT
In England, from the mid-1970s, the awakening of leaving care in the professional and political consciousness was the consequence of a number of developments. The actions and self-organization of young people themselves (Page and Clarke 1977; Stein 1983), the findings from researchers (Godeck 1976; Mulvey 1977; Kahan 1979; Stein and Carey 1986), the increased awareness by practitioners and managers of the problems faced by care leavers, and the campaigning activities of non government organizations, such as Shelter, the National Campaign for the Homeless, and First Key, the National Leaving Care Advisory Service, all provided a momentum for a change to the law (Stein 1999).
