by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Judge criticises DfE failure to consult children’s commissioner before introducing regulations reducing local authority responsibilities, but finds omission was lawful given urgency of pandemic. Justice Lieven also found that the government had erred in...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Angela Frazer-Wicks, a founding member of the Family Rights Group’s parents’ panel, shares her experience of saying goodbye to her two young children when they were taken into care. She describes the importance and ongoing value that last meetings have...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
An article on Open Access Government explores the importance of the language used in a young person’s care record. It considers terms such as ‘crisis’ and ‘looked after children/ LAC’ as well as the ‘moral obligation’ to...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
The Department for Education has published a Section 31 grant determination letter for 2020 to 2021 which gives notification of additional funding to local authorities to provide extra support to care leavers at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping. £723,114.33 will...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
The Guardian reports on the impact that the coronavirus crisis has had on care-experienced university students, and the fears of some experts that many will be unable to continue their studies or even begin them in the first place. Find out more...
