Leaving care, mental illness and recovery: ‘There is always the possibility of a better future’

T was 23 at the time and had recently left Caldecott, a residential home for children and young people in Kent. Tony had been put into local authority care at the age of six; both his parents had suffered from severe depression, his father having attempted suicide and spent time in psychiatric hospitals. After a time in foster care, he lived at Caldecott for eight years. Above: T at Caldecott.