Louise Allen
Formerly in the care system and now an author and foster-care advocate who speaks from lived experience about fostering, kinship care, and systemic reform.
Best podcasts with Louise Allen
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Jan 26, 2026 • 20min
What Does It Take To Be A Foster Carer? (Your Radical Questions with Louise Allen)
Louise Allen, raised in care and now an author and advocate, speaks from lived experience about fostering and kinship care. She discusses navigating a struggling system and the small but transformative rewards of caring for children. She debates a proposal to fund home extensions for foster families and argues for better pay, support, and respect for carers.
Jan 22, 2026 • 56min
Children in Care: How to Fix the Fostering Crisis (Louise Allen)
Louise Allen, a foster carer, author, and charity founder with personal experience in the care system, discusses the urgent fostering crisis in England. With 83,630 children in care, she highlights the need for more honesty about fostering and the retention of care providers. Louise shares her challenging upbringing, the impact of technology on children, and suggests radical solutions like providing cleaners to foster homes. She argues for a national framework to improve support for current foster carers, ensuring better outcomes for vulnerable children.
