Following a cabinet reshuffle by new Prime Minister Theresa May, it has been confirmed over the weekend that Edward Timpson will remain at the Department for Education as children’s minister. Edward Timpson has held the position of minister of state for children and families for four years in total. Alongside Mr Timpson, schools ministers Nick […]
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP meets Bromsgrove company FosterTalk to discuss support for foster carers
Fosterline Manager, Steven Stockley and Melody Douglas, Managing Director of FosterTalk were delighted to meet Sajid Javid, The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at FosterTalk’s office in Bromsgrove on Friday 22nd July 2016. The Bromsgrove MP visited FosterTalk to give his personal congratulations to Steve and Melody on consecutively securing […]
Pokémon GO: a parent’s guide Tips and advice for keeping children safe
By now you should have heard about the Pokémon GO craze. Pokémon Go is a game where you collect and trade cute creatures called Pokémon (Pocket Monsters). It’s one of the first popular games to use “augmented reality” – a kind of cross between real life and an online world. The game makes it look […]
Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people
The number of refugees in the world has reached the highest level ever recorded, according to figures published by the United Nations (UN). After an increase of five million, the number of people displaced by conflict – refugees, asylum seekers or those displaced internally – was at an estimated 65.3 million by the end of […]
5 year strategy for children in England
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a one-year business plan for implementing her 5 year strategy Ambitious for children. Themes include: growing up with positive childhoods; being ambitious for every child in care; seeing a major reduction in children being harmed and neglected; reduce inequalities for children and break the cycle of disadvantage. To […]
WEBINAR: The Impact of Unproven Allegations on Foster Carers
WEBINAR: The Impact of Unproven Allegations on Foster Carers Monday 11 July 2016 4-4.45pm The webinar will explain key findings from the recent research study by the Rees Centre along with implications for policy and practice. The presentation will be given by Gillian Plumridge and Judy Sebba from the Rees Centre. There will be plenty […]
Tips for Staying Put
Community Care shares advice on establishing staying put arrangements. Staying put is an arrangement where young people remain with their foster carers following their 18th birthday, and was endorsed by government and formalised in the Children and Families Act 2014. Informal arrangements had been in place for many years, but the legislation brought with it […]
Survey for foster carers about reading!
The National Children’s Bureau and BookTrust are interested in better understanding your experiences of reading with the children in your care and any reading support that is available to foster carers. Share your views by completing this survey. If you have any questions or want to get involved in other aspects of the research, please […]
Can films affect your foster child?
Today sees the release of the eagerly awaited film `Finding Dory`, the sequel to a family favourite film of ours `finding Nemo`. I can fondly remember sitting with my eldest child back in 2003 to watch the adventures of this stripy cartoon clown fish and the characters he met. My eldest is now 18 and […]
Keeping Looked After Children out of Trouble
The findings of an independent review established by the Prison Reform Trust and chaired by Lord Laming, to examine why children in care, or with experience of care, are over-represented in the criminal justice system in England and Wales have been published. The report, ‘In care, out of trouble’ also considers how the problem can […]