Be part of Fosterline’s Success Fosterline “your fostering advice service” will celebrate the first year being delivered by FosterTalk on behalf of the Department of Education on 25th June 2014. Fosterline will hold an afternoon tea to mark the occasion and would invite you to show your support in doing something similar and help fundraising […]
Fosterline’s Jackie Edwards attends tea with the Queen
The 3rd June sees the Queen host the second Garden Party of the year at Buckingham Palace and it is with great pride and pleasure that Fosterline’s own professional advisor has been invited to attend. Jackie is a senior manager with in excess of 25 years’ experience of social care, supporting looked after children in […]
Fosterline Online for You
Thursday 19th June will see the advice line opening up between 10 pm and midnight for the first time. Fosterline will support the Lorraine Pascale programme “Fostering and Me” screened earlier on 19th June BBC2 at 9 pm by opening the confidential advice lines for two hours after the programme has finished. Fosterline will also […]
Tax Return Due NOW!
Anyone who was self-employed during the tax year 2012/2013 must file a self-assessment tax return and pay any tax due by the 31st January 2014. The tax year runs from 6 April 2012 to 5 April 2013. Anyone who was deemed as self-employed at any time during that period must return a self-assessment regardless if […]
Many Mothers Return to Court to Have Successive Babies Removed.
Research carried out by the Universities of Brunel and Manchester which confirms what judges have witnessed over the past seven years. Thousands of mothers during the period have had successive children removed by family courts in England. Court records for that period show 7,143 mothers were involved in repeat care cases – affecting 22,790 children. […]
Children to stay with their foster families
All children in care will be able to stay with their foster families after they turn 18 following a £40million funding boost and a new legal duty on councils to provide support. On 4th December; the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove announced that he intends to place a new legal duty on local […]
Fosterline Afternoon Tea Celebration
Today 25th June sees Fosterline celebrate the 1st anniversary launch of the website. A year ago today the website was launched alongside the delivery of Fosteline being awarded by the Department for Education to FosterTalk. The website is the first impartial information site to collate the relevant information for Foster Carers and Prospective Foster Carers […]
Ministers Letter to All Foster Carers
5th February 2014 Letter from Edward Timpson MP to all foster carers in England Edward Timpson, Minister for Children and Families has today written to all foster carers in England to advise them about the government reforms that are planned to help make it easier to work as a foster carer. These reforms include: *New […]
Staying Put Good Practice Guidance
July 2014 saw the publication of the “Staying Put – good practice guide”. The transition into adulthood is difficult enough for any child let alone a young person moving from care to independence. Many young people in the care system can have very disjointed progress often behaving as an adult in many complex situations and […]
Parliamentary Health Select Committee inquiry into child and adolescent mental health and CAMHS
This is an important opportunity to contribute evidence in relation to the particular health needs of looked after children, care leavers and children adopted from care and the barriers to addressing them fully. In the light of concerns that have been expressed by the Chief Medical Officer and others about both the extent to which […]