Love Leeds 💙🤍💛🌸 Leanne.

Incredibly grateful to Roehampton University and Enfield Local Authority for inviting me to speak at their conferences over the last two days. Fantastic turnouts at both events, and brilliant to see so many care-experienced young people, social workers, professionals and educators coming together to celebrate some of the incredible work happening in our communities. For me, this is what it's all about. Creating spaces where young people feel valued, their voices are heard and opportunities are created. That's what leadership looks like. That's what community is about. And that's real social impact.

I'm writing my third and final book about the care system. Coming 2027. This time, I'm exposing what really happens behind the scenes. The campaigning, the lobbying, the politics, the promises and the failure to act. We have the solutions. We have the people. So why haven't we built a care system we can be proud of? Enough is enough. This time, it's about SOLUTIONS. INNOVATION. CREATION. CHANGE. It's about breaking barriers, challenging the status quo and building a care system where young people don't just survive — they THRIVE. Enough talking about what's broken. It's time to build what's possible. I want the next generation to understand how power works, challenge it and take their place at the table. If you can't make change, become the change. We invest in innovation today, or pay for crisis tomorrow.