by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog
Allegations, complaints, or concerns over standards of care can leave Foster Carers feeling worried, isolated, and uncertain about their future in fostering. However, fostering services must ensure that Foster Carers are offered independent support, advice, and...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 22, 2022 | News
On Friday 17 June, it was announced that foster carer allowances are to be uplifted above the National Recommended Fostering Allowance for all carers at Oldham Council by 4%. The announcement, which took place at a foster carer celebration event ran by Oldham Council,...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jun 8, 2022 | News
Care Review chair Josh MacAlister has set out an argument for one per cent of all teachers to foster a child at their school. In his recommendations to the government, MacAlister called for the recruitment of 9,000 new foster carers in England over three years....
by FosterTalk Admin | May 4, 2022 | Blog
On 6th May Katherine Fletcher, MP for South Ribble, will present The Kinship Care (Parental Leave) Bill to the House of Commons for its second reading. This is a Private Members’ Bill and was initially presented to Parliament on Monday 21 June 2021. The Bill...
by FosterTalk Admin | Apr 25, 2022 | News
On Thursday 21st April, MPs held a general debate on the recruitment and retention of foster carers which was put forward by Kate Osborne. Will Quince, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education stated ‘On financial support, foster carers have a unique...
