The Department for Education has published the findings of an independent review exploring deaths among care experienced young adults in England. The review analysed all care leaver death notifications in...
Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care
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The charity Become has published a report on the experiences of girls in care placed far from their local area and support networks. The report highlights the voices of eight care-experienced young women in...
The introduction of financial allowances for kinship carers under a £126 million government trial has been hailed as a “life-changing” measure for cash-strapped families, campaigners have said. The per-child allowances...
Grandparents who step in to provide full-time care for their grandchildren to prevent them being taken into care will be given guaranteed financial support under a government pilot scheme. Read the full article on this...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published a report on the needs, experiences and outcomes of young people aged 12-to-25-years-old growing up in adoptive and special guardianship families in England. The report is...
The government has confirmed more than £10 million of funding to support the establishment of up to six new regional care cooperatives (RCCs), as part of national care placement improvement drive. A Department for...
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published an evaluation of a pilot intervention designed to enhance the participation of young people in care proceedings in England and Wales. The Young People’s...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on children placed in illegal unregistered children’s homes. Data from local authorities in England shows that 669 children were living in unregistered...
Hundreds of vulnerable children are being “regularly put at risk” with prolonged placements in unregistered homes, an influential committee of MPs has warned. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young...
Amid concerns around the lack of support for adopters, an organisation specialising in providing therapeutic services has created a charter setting out how agencies and policymakers can do more to help adoptive families...
mong children in care aged eight to 18, 84% said their life is getting better and around four in 10 (39%) aged 11 to 18 report very high wellbeing, according to analysis by Coram Institute for Children of Coram Voice...
Those under-25 to receive help while a pilot will trial paid internships in NHS and a guaranteed interview scheme
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