The Fostering Network: Policy

Useful links

Publications and resources from the Fostering Network

Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill: report to Education Committee May 2006: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2006; The Fostering Network's response to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill 2006.; Price: Free; Full details…
Allegations in foster care: a UK study of foster carers' experiences of allegations: Author: Vicki Swain; Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2006; Report of a survey conducted by the Fostering Network in 2006.; Price: Free; Full details…
Allowances for foster carers: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2004; Discussion paper about allowances for foster carers.; Price: Free; Full details…
An evaluation of the fostering links project: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: November 2007; 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 nfluence on policy, practice and developments in foster care.; Price: Free; Full details…
Can't afford to foster: a survey of fee payment to foster carers in Scotland : media briefing March 2007: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Media briefing for the Can't Afford to Foster campaign in Scotland.; Price: Free; Full details…
Can't afford to foster: a survey of fee payments to foster carers in the UK: Author: Vicki Swain; Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; The is the full report of the Can't Afford to Foster campaign which undertook a survey of fee payments to foster carers in the UK; Price: Free; Full details…
Can't afford to foster: a survey of fee payments to foster carers in Wales (media briefing March 2007): Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Media briefing for the Can't Afford to Foster campaign in Wales.; Price: Free; Full details…
Can't afford to foster: a survey of fees payments to foster carers in the UK (media briefing March 2007): Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; UK media briefing for the Can't Afford to Foster campaign.; Price: Free; Full details…
Care matters: transforming the lives of children and young people in care : response from the Fostering Network January 2007: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; This is the Fostering Network's response to the green paper, Care Matters: transforming the lives of children and young people in care.; Price: Free; Full details…
Comments on draft guidance on overnight stays for looked-after and accommodated children: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; This is the Fostering Network's response to the draft guidance in Scotland for overnight stays for children and young people in care.; Price: Free; Full details…
The Cost of Foster Care: investing in our children's future: Publisher: The Fostering Network and BAAF; Date: 2005; Jointly published by The Fostering Network and the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), The Cost of Foster Care assesses the spending required in order to give children in public care the same opportunities to have a successful future as other children in our society.; Code: 7103; Price: £9.95 or free online; Full details…
Fees for foster carers: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2004; Discussion paper about fees for foster carers.; Price: Free; Full details…
Fit to foster?: a profile of foster care and foster carers in Wales 2003: Author: Anne Collis and Jane Butler; Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2003; Report looking at the state of foster care in Wales in 2003.; Price: Free; Full details…
Foster care allowances and fee payments in England: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Report from the Fostering Network survey of allowances and fee payment schemes 2007-8 in England.; Price: Free; Full details…
Foster care allowances and fee payments in Scotland: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Report from the Fostering Network survey of allowances and fee payment schemes 2007-8 in Scotland.; Price: Free; Full details…
Foster care allowances and fee payments in Wales: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Part of the Fostering Network survey of allowances and fee payment schemes 2007-8 in Wales.; Price: Free; Full details…
Foster carers and smoking: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Policy paper on foster carers and smoking.; Price: Free; Full details…
The Fostering Network and British Association of Adoption and Fostering second reading briefing on the Children and Young Persons' Bill: Date: November 2007; A joint briefing on the second reading of the Children and Young Persons' Bill. Summarises the key issues that need to be considered as the Bill is debated.; Full details…
The Fostering Network submission to the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee inquiry on looked after Children : paper on the Children and Young Persons Bill: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; This submission is in response to the inquiry’s initial examination of the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Bill and addresses three major issues.; Price: Free; Full details…
The Fostering Network submission to the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee inquiry on looked after children : paper on the wider context of provision for looked after children in the wake of Care Matters: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; This paper seeks to build on some of the issues raised in our initial submission to the inquiry on the Children and Young Persons bill, and raise new topics that relate to the wider Care Matters agenda and beyond to improve support for children and young people in care and the foster carers who look after them.; Price: Free; Full details…
The Fostering Network Wales response to the WAG consultation document on national minimum fostering allowances: February 2007: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; The Fostering Network's response to the Welsh Assembly Government consultation on national minimum allowances for foster care.; Price: Free; Full details…
The Fostering Network's response to the Home Office consultation paper Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children May 2007: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; The Fostering Network's response to the consultation on unaccompanied asylum seekers.; Price: Free; Full details…
Looked-after Children draft regulations March 2008 - The Fostering Network's response: Author: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; The Fostering Network Response to the Consultation on The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations suggests that the layout of the regulations is quite muddled and would benefit from substantial revision, and from the production of a child-friendly version. It goes on to make detailed comments on the individual regulations.; Full details…
Towards a professional foster care service: what it means to be a professional foster carer: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; The ‘Towards a Professional Foster Care Service: what it means to be a professional foster carer’ policy paper is the culmination of many months of consultation with foster carers, social workers and other key professionals in all four nations to produce a definitive statement of where fostering is today and how the Fostering Network believes it should develop over the coming years.; Price: Free; Full details…