by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Data published by the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (Chain) shows that between January and March 2020, there were 449 children and young people aged under 25 sleeping rough in London, 81% higher than for the same period in 2019. Find out more here...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 12, 2020 | News
The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) has published a report looking at homelessness among young people in England and Wales. The report compares homelessness policies for care-experienced young people across England and Wales. Read the news story here > Read...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 12, 2020 | News
The government has urged schools to have contingency plans in place to prepare for further outbreaks of coronavirus as a row over the full reopening of settings next month deepens. Earlier this week Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said a not yet published study...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Judge criticises DfE failure to consult children’s commissioner before introducing regulations reducing local authority responsibilities, but finds omission was lawful given urgency of pandemic. Justice Lieven also found that the government had erred in...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Angela Frazer-Wicks, a founding member of the Family Rights Group’s parents’ panel, shares her experience of saying goodbye to her two young children when they were taken into care. She describes the importance and ongoing value that last meetings have...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
An article on Open Access Government explores the importance of the language used in a young person’s care record. It considers terms such as ‘crisis’ and ‘looked after children/ LAC’ as well as the ‘moral obligation’ to...
