Children and young people
issues affecting children and young people in foster care
Consultation responses
- Consultation response on the planning transitions to adulthood guidance (2010) PDF
- Consultation response to statutory guidance on runaways (2009) Word
- Consultation response to the consultation on designated teachers (2009) Word
- Consultation response to the introduction of parent and pupil guarantees (2010) Word
- Consultation response: social work with children, young people and families (2009) Word
- Ending Child Poverty: Making It Happen (2009) Word
- Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children: supporting foster carers to promote health (2009) Word
- Response to the draft NICE guidance on looked-after children (2010) Word
- Response to the Laming report on safeguarding (2009) Word
- Young people's feedback on the planning transitions to adulthood guidance (2010) PDF
Information sheets
Newsletters
- Kidz Biz magazine (2010) PDF
- REVO (2010) PDF
- Thrive: the newsletter for young people (2010) PDF
Policy and position statements
- Moving on from foster care (2007) PDF
- Throughcare policy briefing (2006) PDF
Publications
- Education (2008) Order online
- Education activity sheet (2009) PDF
- Education: information for foster carers (2006) Order online
- Health (2009) Order online
- Health activity sheet PDF
- HIV and AIDS (2007) Order online
- Leaving care bookmarks (2006)
- Living in foster care: a guide for children (2007) Order online
- Living in foster care: a guide for young people (2007) Order online
- Medical matters (2008) Order online
- Medical treatment card Order online
- My book about me (1992) Order online
- Preparation for adult life (2003) Order online
- Stepping out (2002) Order online
Reports
- Every voice matters PDF
- Forgotten voices (2008) PDF
- From 'leaving care' to 'transition to adulthood' (2008) PDF
- Home from home: developments in supported lodgings provision for young people (2009) PDF
- Improving the educational achievements of looked after children (2006) PDF
- Improving the educational achievements of looked after children: summary (2006) PDF
- Induction training programme for volunteer mentors (2005) PDF
- LILAC: leading improvements for looked after children (2007) PDF
- No time to lose (2006) PDF
- Parenting fund project report (2006) PDF
- Safeguarding children in foster care (2006) PDF
- Supported lodgings and young people leaving care: literature review (2008) PDF
- Supported lodgings database (2010) Word
- Supported lodgings report (2007) PDF
- Supported lodgings schemes and care leavers' survey (2009) PDF
- Voices from care (2003) Order online
Resource lists
- Disabilities (2010) PDF Members only
- Education of looked-after children and young people (2009) PDF Members only
- Health and looked-after children (2010) PDF Members only
- Leaving care (2009) PDF Members only
- Life story work (2009) PDF Members only
- Materials for children (2010) PDF Members only
- Mental health and looked-after children (2010) PDF Members only
- Participation (2010) PDF Members only
- Promoting self-esteem and resilience (2010) PDF Members only
- Separation and loss (2009) PDF Members only
- Sex and relationships (2010) PDF Members only
- Social networking (2010) PDF Members only
- Substance misuse (2009) PDF Members only
- Using technology safely (2010) PDF Members only
- Young parents (2010) PDF Members only
Useful links
- A National Voice www.anationalvoice.org
- Advisory Centre for Education www.ace-ed.org.uk
- Birthlink www.birthlink.org.uk
- Booktrust www.booktrust.org.uk
- BUPA health information www.bupa.co.uk/health_information
- CAFCASS www.cafcass.gov.uk
- Care Leavers' Association www.careleavers.com
- ChildLine www.childline.org.uk
- Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 www.opsi.gov.uk
- Children England www.childrenengland.org.uk
- Children First Aid - British Red Cross www.childrenfirstaid.redcross.org.uk
- Children in Wales www.childreninwales.org.uk
- Children's Law Centre www.childrenslawcentre.org
- Children's Legal Centre www.childrenslegalcentre.com
- Children's Safety Education Foundation www.csef.net
- Department of Education www.dfe.gov.uk
- Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk
- Disability Living Foundation www.dlf.org.uk
- Epilepsy Action www.epilepsy.org.uk/
- Every Child Matters www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters
- Every Disabled Child Matters www.edcm.org.uk
- FRANK www.talktofrank.com
- Frank Buttle Trust www.buttletrust.org
- Going the extra mile (G.E.M.) (2010) www.nidirect.gov.uk
- Hands On Scotland www.handsonscotland.co.uk
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) www.hmie.gov.uk
- Lawyers for Young People www.childrenssociety.org.uk
- Learndirect www.learndirect.co.uk
- leavingcare.org www.leavingcare.org
- MENCAP www.mencap.org.uk
- National Literacy Trust www.literacytrust.org.uk
- NDCS www.ndcs.org.uk
- NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People www.niccy.org
- NSPCC www.nspcc.org.uk
- Ofsted www.ofsted.gov.uk
- Radar www.radar.org.uk
- RoSPA : Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents www.rospa.com
- Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People www.sccyp.org.uk
- Scottish Child Law Centre www.sclc.org.uk
- The Children's Commissioner for England www.11million.org.uk
- The Children's Commissioner for Wales www.childcomwales.org.uk/
- The National Teaching & Advisory Service (2006) www.ntas.org.uk
- The Reading Agency www.readingagency.org.uk
- The Who Cares? Trust www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk
- Voice www.voiceyp.org
- YoungMinds www.youngminds.org.uk
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