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Children in Wales who are taken into care have reported losing personal items after being made to put their belongings in black bin bags. Elliott, who is now 15, lost a pendant given to him by his grandmother, who he didn’t know when he would see again, during his first move. Other children complained of missing sentimental items, such as baby blankets. While campaigners such as the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) have raised the issue before, commonly known as ‘bin-bagging’, they say it continues.
NYAS’ new campaign, ‘My Things Matter,’ has so far seen nine of the 22 authorities in Wales pledge to never ask young people to move belongings in bin bags or throw away a child’s possessions without consent. The group is also providing bulk orders of bags from social enterprise Madlug, which donates a bag to a child in care with every purchase a customer makes, to local authorities that sign up.
Jay Jeynes, who was himself moved with his belongings in a black bin bag, is the Welsh chairman of the Campaign Advisory Group at NYAS. He said he was shocked that the campaign was still necessary and urged the remaining 13 authorities to sign the pledge.
While a number of councils had already purchased holdall bags for young people’s belongings, the Welsh Government spokesperson said they expected all local authorities to improve planning and usage to ensure children’s belongings were “treated with the utmost respect
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