Vulnerable children are being placed in inappropriate arrangements due to a preference among family judges for special guardianship orders (SGOs) over adoption, it has been claimed. Research commissioned by the Department for Education suggests that there is a desire among family courts to push for a placement within the wider family as a result […]
Are you a football fan?
Manchester United has kindly donated an original autographed photograph of Argentinian international player Marcos Rojo to Fosterline Foundation. The signed photo is up for auction on Ebay with the bid ‘kicking-off’ at £20.00. The United defender is a fan of rabonas (where the ‘wrong’ foot comes around the standing foot to strike the ball), most […]
Councils call for clarity over Refugee Support Arrangements
Council and children’s services leaders are calling on the government to clarify how they will be supported to resettle 20,000 refugees, including unaccompanied children, from Syria. The first of the Syrian refugees to be rehomed in the UK over the next five years arrived in the country last week, but the Local Government Association (LGA) […]
Government launches review of special guardianship orders
A consultation from the Department for Education is seeking the sector’s views on whether the legal framework for special guardianship orders needs changing. The government has launched a review of special guardianship orders amid concerns over how they are being used. The Department for Education’s review includes a consultation seeking views on whether the legal […]
Skydive to support Foster Carers
A group of ten volunteers aged between 21 and 60 from around the West Midlands decided to leap from a plane at 12,500 feet to raise funds to support the vital work of Fosterline Foundation. The terrific ten have raised several thousand pounds (and still counting!) for Fosterline Foundation which will be used to help […]
Win Cricket Tickets for Just £1.00!
Worcestershire County Cricket Club has kindly provided Fosterline Foundation with four tickets to a game at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester in the current 2015 season (excludes quarter /semi-finals). We would like to put these tickets into a prize draw so that you can have a chance to go and see the cricket […]
Fosterline Late Night Phone-in
Fosterline’s next information evening for current and prospective foster carers is on Wednesday 14th October 2015 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 […]
British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) closes with immediate effect
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has announced that it has closed and that some of its functions have transferred to children’s charity and adoption and fostering agency, Coram, and to a new entity, CoramBAAF Adoption & Fostering Academy. CoramBAAF will continue to operate as an independent membership organisation for agencies and individuals […]
Do you think Fosterline is an award winning helpline?
Fosterline was accredited to the Helpline Standard earlier this year and as a result has been entered into the Helpline of the Year Award 2015. If you have ever contacted our helpline we need your support and your votes so that we can be Helpline of the Year. You can vote as many times as […]
Do you think Fosterline is an award winning helpline?
Fosterline was accredited to the Helpline Standard earlier this year and as a result has been entered into the Helpline of the Year Award 2015. If you have ever contacted the helpline we need your support and your votes so that we can be Helpline of the Year. Why vote for us? 91% of […]