by FosterTalk Admin | May 26, 2021 | News
Data analysed by the Labour Party show that between March and October last year more than 11,000 children became eligible for free school meals each week. The data, coupled with the party’s additional research, suggests the total number of children who...
by FosterTalk Admin | May 24, 2021 | News
A KIDDERMINSTER couple who have been foster carers for a decade have made it to the finals of a national competition. The FosterTalk Awards ‘Lockdown Stars’ is run by FosterTalk, a not-for-profit organisation that provides advice and guidance to foster...
by FosterTalk Admin | May 24, 2021 | News
Funding issues, a lack of government support and insufficiently senior police representation are hampering the impact of the multi-agency partnerships that replaced local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) in 2018-9, despite signs of progress. That was the...
by FosterTalk Admin | May 20, 2021 | News
The initiative – launched today by the UK Council for Internet Safety’s (UKCIS) Vulnerable Users Working Group – is designed to help communication between foster carers and the children in their care, who are statistically at greater risk of online...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 30, 2021 | News
With a feeling of hope at lockdown restrictions lifting, incoming Association of Directors of Children’s Services president Charlotte Ramsden says this year “feels like the year to reset the ambition for children and young people” and that now is a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
In an article published in The Conversation, Professor Judith Harwin of Lancaster University, considers the importance of, and increase in, use of special guardianship orders, and highlights recent research showing the benefits it brings to children by keeping...
