The Fostering Network is awarded Fosterline contract 13 July 2023 The Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to deliver The Fosterline Service, commissioned by the Department for Education. Fosterline England is a free and confidential service, offering advice and information to […]
Increase in Qualifying Care Relief
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced increased tax relief for foster and shared lives carers, improved support for care leavers and enhanced help for disabled people to enter the workplace, in his Spring Budget. This is in addition to the announcement that in England, above-inflation rises in the National Minimum Fostering allowances will be implemented from […]
Regulating supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers: DfE Consultation – England
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking views on proposed regulations that will introduce quality standards and registration and inspection requirements for providers of supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 (also referred to as independent, semi-independent or unregulated provision). The DfE is inviting views through three main sections […]
Family Review Part II: The importance of siblings for children in care
The children’s commissioner has shared her vision around how children in care can be best supported in their relationships with siblings. ‘In Part One of my Family Review I wanted to make sure we spoke to children in all kinds of families – those made up of married parents, blended families, single parents and more. […]
Fosterline Blog: Christmas In Care
The excitement of Christmas is just about to start. This blog has been written with Christmas in mind. Still, it also applies to other celebrations of different faiths because generally, celebrations and festivities are predominately geared around family and unity – and sharing, giving and receiving is a big part of that. Christmas time can […]
Children’s Commissioner – Help at Hand Annual Report and Review
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published an annual report for its Help at Hand service which offers support to care-experienced children and children receiving support from social care services. Key themes from the service this year include: a lack of support for disabled children within their families; and instability and frequent moves for looked after […]
Coranavirus: homeless young people
Centrepoint has published a series of FAQs to support vulnerable young people who are homeless or facing the risk of being homeless during the coronavirus outbreak. Read the news story here > […]
Coronavirus: care experienced children
The Children’s Commissioner for Wales has recorded a message for care experienced young people on Facebook. The message encourages children and young people to reach out for the help and support they need. View the Facebook message here > […]
Coronavirus: online safety for children
The National Crime Agency (NCA) CEOP command has launched a campaign to help keep children safe online during the coronavirus pandemic. The #OnlineSafetyAtHome campaign contains home activity packs with 15-minute activities for parents and carers to do with their children using CEOP’s Thinkuknow educational resources. New activities will be launched fortnightly. The NCA has warned […]
Coronavirus Act 2020
The Coronavirus Act was passed on the 25 March 2020 to help public bodies across the UK to provide an effective response to tackle the epidemic. The Act makes provision to increase the available health and social care workforce and ease the burden on frontline staff. The House of Commons Library published a series of […]