by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 25, 2021 | News
Care leavers in the Midlands have welcomed a new tool which lays out the level of support every council in the country offers young people leaving the care system and how it differs depending on where you live. It’s been set up by a man from Nottingham who was...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | News
Unicef has published a report examining child, adolescent and caregiver mental health around the world. The report finds that: more than 13% of adolescents aged 10-19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), with anxiety...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | News
The Scottish Government has said that it remains committed to incorporating the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law after the Supreme Court ruled on 6 October 2021 that certain parts of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland)...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | News
It has emerged that the number of 10- to 17-year-olds subject to proceedings rose by 95 per cent between 2011/12 and 2019/20, from 3,081 to 6,013 children. Meanwhile, the number of 16-year-olds involve in proceedings has almost quadrupled, rising by 285 per cent over...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 4, 2021 | News
A brand new pack for schools has been launched to help schools around the UK celebrate the continued achievements and contributions of black people of African descent to the UK and around the world – all year round, across all of the curriculum, while supporting...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 27, 2021 | News
Cafcass will defer allocating “less urgent” private law cases to family court advisers (FCAs) in Greater Manchester for up to 20 weeks because its capacity has become “saturated”. The move extends the family courts body’s policy...
