Media releases from 2013

Banbridge woman named Foster Carer of the Year Northern Ireland

Saturday, 18 May, 2013

An inspirational woman from Annaclone near Banbridge, who has been fostering children for more than 15 years, has been named Foster Carer of the Year Northern Ireland 2013.
Foster carer recruitment to reach next level with new Government contract

Thursday, 16 May, 2013

Children’s minister Edward Timpson is today announcing a £250,000 contract for the Fostering Network, which will take foster carer recruitment to the next level in England.
Call for more foster carers to improve stability for children in care

Monday, 13 May, 2013

Children are being moved too many times between foster families because of the need for more foster carers across the UK, the Fostering Network is warning today with the publication of new survey results.
The Fostering Network joins call for rethink on care, as Care Inquiry launches findings

Wednesday, 1 May, 2013

The Fostering Network is one of eight leading charities urging the Government to rethink care and the way in which the most vulnerable children and families who encounter the care system are treated in England. The call to base decisions on need and not legal status comes following the charities’ eight-month inquiry into the best way to provide permanent homes for children.
Stars get in the frame for Foster Care Fortnight

Friday, 26 April, 2013

Foster Care Fortnight 2013 (13-26 May) is awash with stars after some of the biggest names from stage, television and literature have come forward to raise awareness of the need for more foster carers across the UK.
Fostering charity launches a major new programme backed by Comic Relief to help children in care

Wednesday, 20 March, 2013

A GROUND-BREAKING new programme that promises to transform the lives of children in care is being launched today (Wednesday 20 March) by leading charity the Fostering Network.
"Bedroom tax" risks splitting up fostered brothers and sisters, charity warns

Tuesday, 19 March, 2013

Sibling groups are more likely to be split up between foster families as a result of the Government’s failure to exempt their foster carers from housing benefit penalties, the Fostering Network is warning today.
Charities call for U-turn on “bedroom tax” for foster carers

Wednesday, 6 March, 2013

Eleven children’s charities have today joined together to urge Iain Duncan Smith, the minister implementing the so-called bedroom tax, and chancellor George Osborne to reconsider the decision not to exempt foster carers from under-occupancy penalties.
Forward planning note: Foster Care Fortnight, 13-26 May 2013

Friday, 22 February, 2013

This year Foster Care Fortnight, the UK’s biggest fostering campaign, will run from Monday 13 to Sunday 26 May.

With more and more children are coming into care and in need of a stable foster home, and rising for a sixth year in a row, the Fostering Network is asking people to ‘Get in the frame’ this Foster Care Fortnight and consider becoming a foster carer. The need is greater than ever.
Statement: housing benefit reform (bedroom tax)

Tuesday, 19 February, 2013

Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network, said of the impending housing benefit reform: “We do not know how many foster carers will be effected by these changes come April, but we do know that these changes are causing some foster carers considerable anxiety and to wonder if they will be able to continue to foster.
Thousands more foster carers needed to look after record numbers of children in care

Thursday, 14 February, 2013

AT LEAST 9,000 new foster families are needed across the UK during 2013 to look after the record numbers of children in care who need to be fostered, according to figures out today from the Fostering Network.

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