A woman who went into care as a child is now using her own experience to help change the system she grew up in.
Isabelle Kirkham, who lives in St Helens, was placed into care at nine-years-old as a result of "poverty, abuse and neglect". She was separated from her brothers and sisters, who were all placed into care in the south of England.
During the seven years she spent in the care system, Isabelle claims there was times she would only see her biological family twice a year and she went through “more trauma and heartbreak than most children should ever have to experience.”
