by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
The Northern Ireland Department of Health has published statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland during the year ending 31 March 2020. The statistics show that:111 children were adopted from care during the year ending 31 March 2020,...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Grandparents Plus has launched its State of the Nation Report 2020, which examines how kinship carers feel their role affects their lives and the lives of the children they look after, and considers the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on kinship families. The...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
A report presenting the findings of a research study exploring the opportunities and barriers surrounding inclusivity of, and accessibility for, Disabled people wishing to become foster carers has been published. The project is part of a DRILL (Disability Research on...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
As part of its Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme, the Department for Education has published the evaluation report from a Coram-i project that aimed to address delays in achieving permanency for children who will be fostered long term. The...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
The office of the Children & Young People Commissioner Scotland have published their annual report for 2019-20. The report includes information on all strands of work of the Commissioner’s office over the year, including involvement in the Independent Care...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | News
Children & Young People Now reports that, in a speech made to the National Adult’s and Children’s Services Conference, Children’s Minister Vicky Ford, stated that the wide-ranging Children’s Social Care Review would begin imminently. Find...