Leicestershire Cares has actively engaged with the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England since its launch. They responded to the initial Call for Evidence, submitted feedback to the Case for Change, and have met with the Chair to...
Care homes: Following the money trail
The finances of some of the UK’s biggest care providers should be investigated by the competition watchdog, according to the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt. Three of the UK’s biggest care home groups are owned by private equity...
Mental health pilot for children in care ‘needs more refinement’
Virtual mental health pilots for children in care need improvement if they are to be rolled out UK-wide, after evaluation found that just one centre involved in the trial plans to carry on offering the support. The Department for Education-funded...
Self-respect through street art
A fine mist of self-expression, grassroots politics, protest and youth culture was sprayed out of the nozzle of paint cans when Leicestershire Cares teamed up with arts organisation Pedestrian to create a new mural for our warehouse space. The...
Campaigners welcome inclusion of children’s rights in care review
Children’s rights will be officially included in a Care Review framework that draws up new proposals to reform children’s social care, following a successful campaign by sector leaders. The move means the review, which has entered its penultimate...
Drop in number of council-run children’s homes
The number of local authority-run children’s homes in England and Wales decreased between April and August this year, according to latest figures from Ofsted. A new report from the inspectorate also notes that, in the same time period, 150 new...
