Coram Voice has launched a creative writing competition for children in care and care leavers who are 25 or under. The theme for Voices 2020 is ‘Dreams‘. The competition closes on 12 February 2020. Further details are available here > […]
Childline launch Calm Zone
Childline has launched Calm Zone – an online hub of calming techniques and resources for young people to help them feel better when they feel anxious, scared or sad. Further details are available here > […]
£45m announced for Adoption Support Fund in England
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced an additional £45 million for the Adoption Support Fund in England. The funding will help support new adoptive families and reduce the number of children waiting for a permanent home. More than £1 million will also go to help Regional Adoption Agencies and voluntary organisations run campaigns to find […]
Children missing education- resource published
SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) has published an information resource on children missing education in England. The resource covers: children especially at risk of missing education; the roles and responsibilities of parents and schools; elective home education; and local authority duties and responsibilities. Further details are available here > […]
Record number of children in care as adoption rates drop
Department for Education (DfE) statistics show 78,150 children were in care on 31 March this year – four per cent more than on the same date in 2018. Some 72 per cent of children were in foster care – 13 per cent of which were with friends or relatives, the figures show. In addition, the […]
Wanting To Care For a Child Over Christmas
Leading up to Christmas, many families will often think what they can do for others or how they can support children who are not able to spend Christmas with their own families. Within the fostering arena, children come into foster care for many different reasons. One of our advisors has written an article about wanting […]
Be Prepared for Christmas
Christmas is nearly upon us and excitement is already in the air! For some children and young people however, Christmas is filled with a sense of anxiety, fear and stress which can often lead to heightened emotions and difficulties in managing their behaviours. To help you prepare for Christmas, one of our advisors has written […]
Couple Win ‘Race Discrimination’ Adoption Case
A couple who were rejected by their local adoption service because of their Indian heritage have won their legal discrimination battle with Judge Melissa Clarke ruling that the couple had been discriminated against on the grounds of race when Adopt Berkshire turned them away in 2016. The couple who have since adopted a child from […]
School exclusions: free resource
Just for Kids Law has launched a School Exclusions Hub, an online resource to provide advice services and community organisations with the information and tools they need to find alternatives to school exclusion, or to challenge an exclusion. The resource includes step-by-step guides with links to relevant statutory guidance and template documents to enable organisations […]
Social Care Questionnaires 2019 – what young people told Ofsted
Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters. This is the fifth year that data has been published. Further details are available here > […]