by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Millions of people shielding from coronavirus (COVID-19) will be advised they can spend more time outside their homes from Monday 6 July, the Health and Social Care Secretary has announced. Find out more...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | News
Campaigners for improved advocacy services for children and young people are celebrating after securing a public consultation on a revised set of national standards following months of lobbying. Advocates4U, co-ordinated by children’s rights charity Article 39,...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
A number of organisations have produced guidance to help professionals, parents and carers who are supporting children through the transition from lockdown to returning to schools which will be operating very differently to the pre-coronavirus period. These...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
Former home secretary Sajid Javid has said that the coronavirus lockdown has created a “perfect storm” for many children isolated with their abusers. He will lead a new “no holds barred” inquiry into child sex abuse in the UK with the Centre...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
The Department for Education has written to local authorities giving details of Staying Put funding allocations for local authorities in 2020-21. The grant provides support to local authorities for expenditure lawfully incurred by them in respect of a young person...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | News
Several different news sites have featured articles on the experiences and struggles of foster carers during the coronavirus crisis: The Independent – ‘It’s barbaric’: Foster care system thrust into chaos amid coronavirus crisisThe Daily Record...
