by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
Dame Rachel De Souza has vowed to “take responsibility for the future of children” as she takes on the role of children’s commissioner for England. Stepping up for her six-year tenure as children’s tsar on1 March, De Souza, a former head...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
A council, charity and private sector partnership has launched to improve innovation, including the use of technology, in children’s social care. The partnership is also gathering examples of innovative work already taking place to improve the lives of...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
Campaigners have praised a move to bring forward plans to increase housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that from June 2021 care leavers under the age of 25 and 16- to 24-year-olds who...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | News
The majority of local authorities in England plan to make further budget cuts next year following the Covid-19 pandemic, a stark new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) warns. Some 94 per cent of councils told researchers that they expect to cut spending next...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 5, 2021 | News
It has been announced that work is “underway” as chair Josh MacAlister revealed the review’s new website and Twitter account as well as the names of 16 people successfully appointed to the experts by experience group. Find out more here...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 5, 2021 | News
Coram Story has launched #RealStoriesOfCare a digital campaign exploring young people’s care experiences today and through history as part of a Voices Through Time programme. The programme will include care experienced young people aged 16-25 engaging with the...
