Ashley John-Baptiste

Ashley John-Baptiste is an award-winning broadcaster regularly reporting for BBC One's Morning Live, Sunday Morning Live and The One Show.

He has co-presented three series of For Love Or Money and Expert Witness for BBC One Daytime, as well as co-hosting Con or Cure with Dr Xand, a consumer health show investigating health scams and scares.

Ashley grew up in South London, where at the age of four he was taken into care. He grew up being shuttled between foster families and children's homes, moving primary school three times in the process. A bright student, he went on to secure a place at Cambridge University where alongside his studies, he became a mentor to students who grew up in care.

Ashley started his journalism career on BBC2's Victoria Derbyshire programme covering events including the Grenfell disaster and making original BBC films on interfaith foster care, kids who are bullied for having facial disfigurements and racism on UK university campuses. This set the groundwork for his frequent role as a reporter for BBC News, BBC London News and The One Show.

Ashley has since fronted the BBC3 documentary Care Home Kids: Looking For Love in addition to My Life In Care and My Life Without Skin.

Ashley has frequently contributed to the Edinburgh TV Festival including chairing panels about content made in the wake of the shocking death of George Floyd and the importance of getting the right storytellers. He has also teamed up with Mo Gilligan for #BeInspiredOnline, which seeks to inspire and support young care leavers.

Ashley serves as an ambassador for The Fostering Network and Banya charity using his own experience and platform to champion foster carers, raise awareness about the realities of the care system, and advocate for care-experienced young people.

In June 2020, The Royal Television Society announced Ashley as its first ever ambassador for the prestigious RTS bursary schemes which supports students in the field of broadcasting and entertainment. In his role as ambassador, Ashley champions the scheme and motivates students looking at a career in the television sector.

Ashley's first book, Looked After: A Childhood in Care was nominated for The Hatchards 2024 Best First Biography Prize and was the inspiration for the government extending free NHS services for care leavers.

In 2026, Ashley co-authored a government report, commissioned by Minister for Children and Families Josh MacAllister MP, examining the early deaths of care leavers. The findings of the report led to the government driving a national rollout of connected housing options for those leaving care.

Ashley John-Baptiste tells the compelling, inspiring and sometimes humorous story of his childhood and how to your achieve goals, follow your dreams and never give up. He has enormous enthusiasm and passion to use his story as a tool to motivate and propel others to face their challenges with a sense of optimism and triumph.

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