A multi-million pound package ensuring thousands of children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) have the same opportunities as any other child has been announced. This will increase funding for councils and support charities who work with some of the most vulnerable young people in the country. Alongside this, the government is continuing transition […]
Fosterline releases annual report
Fosterline has recently released their annual report which reports on the delivery of Fosterline by FosterTalk on behalf of the department for Education, and features information received from both prospective and current foster carers. The report highlights the impact that the Fosterline service has had on those who have used the service and key points to note from the […]
Easter Opening Hours
Fosterline’s Easter Opening Hours 2016 We are closed on the following days; Good Friday 25th March Easter Saturday 26th March Easter Sunday 27th March Easter Monday 28th March We re-open Tuesday 29th March @ 9am You can contact us via our website https://www.fosterline.info/contact-us/ where you can also request a call back or alternatively please call 0800 […]
Fosterline launches two new interactive services for users
Fosterline is pleased to announce the launch of two new interactive services for website users: Live Chat – available Monday to Friday from 10am to 3pm. Users can talk to a Fosterline Adviser live on the website and have their questions answered live. Call Back – available Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Gives users the ability […]
Fosterline’s next information evening for current and prospective foster carers is on Wednesday 9 March 2016 7.00pm – 9.00pm. If you need to speak to someone in confidence without the children being in earshot, you can call Fosterline in the evening between 7.00pm and 9.00pm. Fosterline’s qualified advisers will be on hand to offer independent […]
Special guardianship regulations updated to strengthen assessments
New rules, which will come into force at the end of February 2016, focus on guardian’s relationship with child and their future needs. You can access the regulations here […]
Child-friendly search engine launched to help keep children safe on the internet
Kiddle.com has been created using Google’s safesearch tool as a child-friendly search engine that filters results so that children are not shown anything inappropriate when searching online. It’s not an official Alphabet (the parent company of Google) product it uses similar branding and a customised version of Google’s safesearch to find results. According to the […]
Massive increase in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
Numbers of under-18s seeking asylum in the UK have risen by more than 50 per cent in a single year with increasing numbers having their claims refused, it has emerged. Numbers of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK has increased by 56.5 per cent. Statistics published by the Home Office show that in 2015, […]
Customer Service Excellence
The award of the Customer Service Excellence® Kitemark recognises that Fosterline is an excellent customer focussed service. About the standard The Government wants services for all that are efficient, effective, excellent, equitable and empowering – with the citizen always and everywhere at the heart of service provision. With this in mind Customer Service Excellence ® […]
LGBT Adoption & Fostering Week 7th – 13th March
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Adoption and Fostering week is a national campaign run by New Family Social. Starting on 7th March, the week aims to recruit prospective foster carers from the LGBT community. Rolfe Pearce from Staffordshire and his partner Alan Wood were presented with the Foster Carers of Distinction Award […]