by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 4, 2022 | News
Sandwell Council has confirmed how millions of pounds will be spent supporting residents through the cost of living crisis in the coming months. Spending from the £3.4million Household Support Fund will be used to continue offering food vouchers for children eligible...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 31, 2022 | News
An estimated 15,000 more young people are set to be taken into care in the next three years as cuts eat further into council budgets, authorities have warned. Numbers are likely to increase by a fifth to reach 95,000 within three years unless Rishi Sunak’s government...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 31, 2022 | News
A foster carer named the country’s ‘kindest hero’ hopes a statue made in her honour will give recognition to other volunteers. Jo Newby, of Hull, was rewarded with the 12ft monument on London’s Southbank after helping 92 children over 20 years. She also adopted one....
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 21, 2022 | News
The John Lewis Partnership is today announcing a new plan to support young people leaving the care system – a community too often overlooked by employers – to find meaningful jobs. This forms part of the Partnership’s long term ambition to become the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 19, 2022 | News
Senior councillors in Leeds are set to discuss an increase in pay for foster carers at a meeting of Leeds City Council’s executive board next week (October 19). The proposal is to boost weekly maintenance allowances paid to Leeds foster carers by 7% to help with the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 18, 2022 | News
Wales Online spoke to foster carers in Wales who have opened up their homes to welcome children fleeing their homelands as it’s estimated more than 100 young refugees are arriving in the country every year. When Mike Foster fell off a ladder while working as a...
