The Children and Families Minister sends her thanks to the fostering community

This is a very difficult time for all families throughout the country and keeping everyone safe and well is a priority for us all. The decision to introduce unprecedented measures has not been taken lightly and I’m immensely proud at how our fostering community are showing just how resilient and resourceful they are. All across […]

Sibling Assessments in Care and Adoption

Barrister Judith Pepper writes about siblings in care proceedings and adoption in Family Law Week. The article aims to highlight from case law some of the issues that have arisen with poor quality assessments, and considers: the lack of proper sibling assessment at the time when decisions are made; some common errors; that sibling assessments should […]

Coram Voice Launches AdvoCat Animation

Coram Voice have created AdvoCat, an animated advocacy superhero character, to help younger children in care to understand and access advocacy and get their voices heard. Coram Voice worked with a group of primary aged children to find out what would help them understand and engage with advocacy, and developed the AdvoCat character as a […]

Foster Friday 20th March 2020

Foster Friday will take place on 20 March 2020. It is the UK’s biggest day for raising awareness about fostering and adoption within the Muslim community. The aim will be to get 100 mosques to sign up to committing to find one foster or adopter family over the next 12 months. The key theme for this year […]

Online safety – TikTok introduces “family safety mode”

The BBC reports that TikTok, a social video app that allows users to share short videos, is introducing a family safety mode designed to give parents tighter control over how their children use the app. The safety feature will allow parents and carers to link their account to their child’s and have direct control over […]

Access to education for children in care

HuffPost UK reports that a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Department for Education (DfE) shows that government ministers have been asked to intervene 72 times over the last three years to use their powers to force academies to accept looked after children. Local authorities can force a council-run school to accept children, while […]

Accommodation for children in care – Consultation

The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation on unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers in England. It has been launched alongside a research report on the same topic and transparency data on looked after children in independent or semi-independent placements. The consultation seeks views on proposals to: ban placing children […]

Why we must do more to support care leavers at university

Research finds that half of care leavers consider dropping out of university due to a mix of health problems, money worries, high workloads and personal and family issues. Half of care leavers consider quitting university It found that 51% had seriously considered dropping out, with the most common difficulties arising from a mix of health […]

Fosterline Website Wins Two Awards!

We are very pleased to announce that Fosterline’s new website has won 2 awards! Our brand new website has won the Best UX Awards and the Special Design Kudos Award in the CSS Design Awards!   Thanks to everyone who voted, and for COAL for designing our website!  […]

Professional Association for ChildCare and Early Years

The Professional Association for Child Care and Early Years are running a Department for Education funded project to support child care providers, parents & carers with recognizing the value of everyday interactions and routines on children’s development. You can read more and find links to informative short film clips on “5 small things” talking, reading, […]