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...
Ofsted has published a report analysing children’s social care sufficiency in England. The report presents a new index to measure the sufficiency of children’s social care provision, looking at how...
The Fostering Network has published a report on the findings of the Muslim Fostering Project which explored the experiences of Muslim children in foster care and that of Muslim foster carers in the UK. Recommendations...
After decades of decline, the council-run children’s home is being reinvented and growing numbers of local authorities are returning to provision of their own residential care for “looked-after” youngsters. From...
The NYAS latest campaign Looked after Minds highlights the lack of mental health support for care-experienced children is limiting their potential and making them feeling frustrated, helpless and alone. They are...
On the face of it, 15-year-old Matty is not like many children in care in North Yorkshire. He has a part-time job, goes to college, and plans to study A-levels. But a few weeks ago he was kicked out of his family home...
On Thursday 31 October, Leicestershire Cares launched the Promise to Care to a packed audience at the King Power Stadium. The Promise is a new initiative to encourage businesses to support looked after children and care...
A £19m package of measures for care leavers, including extra money for the Staying Put foster care and Staying Close residential care initiatives, has been announced by the government. Education Secretary Gavin...
Increasing numbers of children in care are waiting to be matched with independent visitors, with some councils admitting to not providing the statutory service at all, new research shows. A Freedom of Information (FOI)...
A group of kids have penned the UK’s first storybook written by children in care. Almost 50 kids wrote short stories for their very own book! ‘Superheroes!’ features a number of fictional tales...
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published a report on the number of babies in care proceedings in Wales. Key findings include: the number of newborns subject to care proceedings more than doubled between...
BAME children are over-represented in care, and seemingly have their futures written off based on their skin colour.
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