Fostering Links
The Fostering Links Project was established in January 2005. Financed for three years by the Big Lottery Fund, the project aims to strengthen the supports within the foster care community, reduce isolation among members and highlight the issues which face the foster care service in Scotland today.
Read about our objectives and what the Fostering Links project is doing.
Project evaluation report
This report describes the impact that the Fostering Links project has made in the last three years in strengthening the fostering community and enabling them to have an influence on policy, practice and developments in foster care.
Download An Evaluation of the Fostering Links Project, November 2007 (pdf: 1.37MB)
Newsletter issue 20, winter 2007-08
Read the latest news from Scotland in the Fostering in Scotland newsletter.
Membership meetings, autumn 2007
A series of one day events entitled The Future of Foster Care in Scotland: Exploring Allowances, Fees and Training was held in September 2007. The following presentations and notes are available to download:
- Care Commission Update (Powerpoint)
- A professional foster care service: what do we mean? (Powerpoint)
- Recruiting foster carers at Dundee Council (Powerpoint)
- Recruiting foster carers at Glasgow Council (PDF)
- Notes from the membership meeting on 5 September
- Notes from the membership meeting on 11 September
Our next membership meeting will be held in Edinburgh on Thursday 8 November 2007. This one day event will allow delegates to hear from a range of speakers and explore if, almost one year on from the Scottish Government's report "Looked after children and young people: we can and must do better", the educational opportunities for looked-after children and young people in Scotland have been affected by the report's findings and recommendations. The event is free, but booking is essential.
More information and how to book
National Fostering Strategy consultation
We have published responses to the National Fostering and Kinship Care Strategy from the Fostering Network, young people, foster carers, kinship carers, and other practitioners. Read more about our campaigns and consultations.
Survey of support to foster carers
The Fostering Links project is currently examining the variety and levels of supports available to foster carers throughout Scotland, to help identify if and where gaps exist and where additional supports are needed.
Questionnaires were circulated to foster carers and to fostering agencies, to gather experiences, and share practice.
Download the findings from this survey.
For further information, contact Sarah Crangle, Fostering Links project.
Findings from the focus groups
The Fostering Links project held a series of focus group meetings in 2005. The findings of meetings are available in:
