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“As at 31 March 2021, there were 45,370 fostering households and 76,640 foster carers in England. This is a 2% and 4% increase since 2014 to 2015, respectively. However, over the period to March 2020, the number of children in foster care grew by around 11%.

 

The number of family and friends’ households continues to rise, and is at an all-time high.

 

Despite the numbers of fostering households and foster carers in England being at their highest ever levels, the increases are not keeping up with demand in the sector.”

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2020-to-31-march-2021/fostering-in-england-2020-to-2021-main-findings

 

Why is the number of children in foster care going up every year? Have you thought about it?

Well, while filming my documentary "Breaking the Man" based on male victims of domestic abuse, I uncovered some serious lapses and corruption in the social services sector in the U.K. The social services was created to take care of underprovided and abandoned children. However, over the course of time it has sadly degraded not only in it its services, but also badly fails the very children they should be supporting. These children grow up into very disturbed individuals who get involved in various nefarious activities like drugs, knife crime and postcode wars. This results in a dystopian society affecting the whole society making it more dangerous for everyone.

Most of the children in Care Homes and Hostels are either in prison or dead by the time they are 21.

My film is an attempt to create awareness into this deeply flawed system. I am hoping that after seeing my film people can confront councils and the government to make some changes which will benefit these young children, who can have a fairer outcome in their trails. This will in turn help the whole society.

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What lengths will Hamzah go to, so he can get his sister Malaika back from the clutches of the Social Services?

 

About the director: 

Usha Sharma is an award winning director, writer and producer. She has been shortlisted as an award winner for the prestigious Asian Woman of Achievement Awards 2022, in the Arts and Culture section. 

She has won several awards and her films have been screened in several film festivals all over the world. She has been invited to the U.K. Asian film festival this year as two of her films have been selected. Usha studied film making with the intention of making films and documentaries which would raise awareness and educate people in these social issues which she felt strongly about. She wanted to give a voice to these people who had none. 
Usha went on to pursue her Masters in Film and TV Art from the University of Westminster and then studied Producing from Metfilm school in Ealing. 
She is now actively involved in filming and writing scripts about social issues and mainly focusses on issues faced by the Asian community. She recently filmed a short documentary on the discrimination and abuse faced by the Asian LGBTQI community in the Asian society by their own people and their own families.

We are very generous  with credits and an Executive producer credit will be given to anyone donating over £500.
Along with the credit, high rate taxpayers can reclaim 20% tax on their donations.
Businessmen can bill the donations as a business expense and save on tax.
Anyone who is looking to invest is also most welcome as we can agree on a profit percentage share.

Please help us make this dream project a reality. It is for a good cause. 

Check out my credentials on: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12391484/

Thank you.
NOTE: We need the money to hire good quality kit (a good quality netflix compliant  camera is not cheap to hire)  provide food and transportation for cast and crew, production design, locations (another major expense), costumes and makeup, hire props, safety measures, fight co-ordinator and good qulaity post production.

We also will be paying the crew and cast.