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Home Access programme offers learning support to looked after children

Thursday, 30 July, 2009

In Autumn 2009 a programme bringing technology to young people at home to support their learning will be promoted directly to local authority teams supporting looked after children.
Ofsted reminds fostering services about overnight stays

Wednesday, 29 July, 2009

Ofsted has written to the Directors of Children’s Services in all local authorities in England to reinforce the guidance given in a Local Authority Circular on overnight stays for looked after children.
Comment on the Government's response to the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Wednesday, 1 July, 2009

The Fostering Network is disappointed that the Government has this week rejected calls from MPs to introduce a national register of foster carers in England. In its response to the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee report, ministers said a national register would be incompatible with current arrangements for registering and regulating foster carers.

Associated press release: Comment on the Government's response to the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee
Pioneering project to support carers seeks long-term funding

Thursday, 25 June, 2009

A hugely successful project that has helped foster carers across England to have a stronger voice in their local communities is seeking new funding.
Foster carers recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours

Wednesday, 17 June, 2009

Congratulations to the foster carers who were recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours.
Photography competition winners

Friday, 12 June, 2009

Thanks to all those who entered our young photographers competition to win a range of great prizes and the chance to see their image made into a card for Sons and Daughters Week, 26-31 October 2009. The response to the competition was incredibly positive, with a really high standard of entries coming from all over the UK. Well done to everybody who entered.
Calling all culinary foster carers: your chance to appear on the BBC

Wednesday, 27 May, 2009

The producers of a new series from the Hairy Bikers called Mums Know Best, due to air on BBC2 in early 2010, are looking for culinary foster carers.
No balance on foster care: charity's verdict on Channel Four documentary

Monday, 18 May, 2009

The Fostering Network has voiced its disappointment with Channel 4’s Lost in Care Dispatches documentary, broadcast on Monday 11 May, saying it failed to present a balanced view of fostering.
Crisis looms for foster care as two-thirds of workforce approaches retirement, the Fostering Network warns

Monday, 11 May, 2009

The UK is heading for a crisis in foster care due to an impending rise in the shortage of foster carers, The Fostering Network is warning today (Monday 11 May), with the launch of a report showing two-thirds of the workforce is approaching potential retirement age.
Keady couple named as Northern Ireland Foster Carers of the Year

Saturday, 9 May, 2009

A Keady couple who have fostered 25 children over the past decade have been named as Foster Carers of the Year by leading charity the Fostering Network, at a charity ball attended by over 250 people at Queen’s University, Belfast on Friday 8 May 2009.

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