Womans Hour : Second Chances ( Mother's and addiction)

Produced in 2020 for BBC Womans Hour, a 6 part feature series personally authored by my experience as a Mother in recovery:

The number of children in care in England is at its highest since 1985 and it's still rising. A mother's addiction to drugs and alcohol is often one of the contributing factors when a child is removed. The reporter and DJ Milly Chowles became a mum at 40 last year. She’s in long term recovery from addiction and “after all the years of darkness” now has a son, who’s just turned one. She feels she was given lots of chances to change.
But her fear is that women now aren’t getting those opportunities and the impact on them, their children and society is devastating. In a series for Woman’s Hour, Milly spoke to several women at risk of having their children removed and the people who are trying to help them...