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George never knew his father. His mother had her own
traumatic childhood, having been removed from her
family because of sexual abuse. George was left to fend
for himself much of the time, refused to go to school and
had joined up with some older boys who were stealing
cars – and he was only 11. In the 12 months George has
been in one of our residential homes, his progress has
been remarkable. He is starting to make some friends at
school and has made really strong gains in his academic
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and he sees his siblings regularly. Johnathon, one of
our residential care workers, took George to the
Grand Prix. In his own words “I couldn’t have
been more proud of him”. BERRY STREET