Useful links
- A National Voice www.anationalvoice.org
- Advisory Centre for Education www.ace-ed.org.uk
- BAAF www.baaf.org.uk
- Be my parent www.bemyparent.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 and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) http://wales.gov.uk/cssiwsubsite
- Care Leavers' Association www.careleavers.com
- Charity Commission www.charity-commission.gov.uk
- Child Accident Prevention Trust www.capt.org.uk
- Child Trust Fund www.childtrustfund.gov.uk
- ChildLine www.childline.org.uk
- Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 www.opsi.gov.uk
- Children Act 1989 www.opsi.gov.uk
- Children Act 2004 www.opsi.gov.uk
- Children and Young Persons Act 2008 www.opsi.gov.uk
- Children England www.childrenengland.org.uk
- Children England www.ncvcco.org
- Children First Aid - British Red Cross www.childrenfirstaid.redcross.org.uk
- Children in Wales www.childreninwales.org.uk
- Children Order Series of Regulations and Guidance Volume 3: Family Placements and Private Fostering www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
- Children's Law Centre www.childrenslawcentre.org
- Children's Legal Centre www.childrenslegalcentre.com
- Children's Safety Education Foundation www.csef.net
- Citizen's Advice Bureau www.adviceguide.org.uk
- City and Guilds www.cityandguilds.com
- Could you foster? www.couldyoufoster.org.uk
- CWDC www.cwdcouncil.org.uk
- Department for Education www.dfe.gov.uk
- Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk
- Disability Alliance www.disabilityalliance.org
- Disability Living Foundation www.dlf.org.uk
- Edexcel www.edexcel.com
- Epilepsy Action www.epilepsy.org.uk/
- Every Child Matters www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters
- Every Disabled Child Matters www.edcm.org.uk
- Family Rights Group www.frg.org.uk
- Foster care relief (2008) www.hmrc.gov.uk
- Fostering Information Line www.fostering.org.uk
- Fostering services: national minimum standards - fostering services regulations www.dh.gov.uk
- Fostertalk www.fostertalk.org
- FRANK www.talktofrank.com
- Frank Buttle Trust www.buttletrust.org
- Going the extra mile (G.E.M.) (2010) www.nidirect.gov.uk
- Grandparents' Association www.grandparents-association.org.uk
- Grandparents' Plus www.grandparentsplus.org.uk
- Guidance on Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (2010) www.scotland.gov.uk
- Hands On Scotland www.handsonscotland.co.uk
- Health and Social Care Fostering (Northern Ireland) www.fostering.hscni.net
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) www.hmie.gov.uk
- HM Revenue & Customs www.hmrc.gov.uk
- Independent Review Mechanism (Adoption and Fostering) www.irm-adoption.org.uk
- IRM Cymru (2010) www.irmcymru.org.uk
- Lawyers for Young People www.childrenssociety.org.uk
- Learndirect www.learndirect.co.uk
- leavingcare.org www.leavingcare.org
- Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) www.litrg.org.uk
- MENCAP www.mencap.org.uk
- National care standards: foster care and family placement services (Scotland) www.scotland.gov.uk
- National Literacy Trust www.literacytrust.org.uk
- National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services (Wales) www.csiw.wales.gov.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
- Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) www.oscr.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
- Scottish Commission for the regulation of care www.carecommission.com
- Shared Care Network www.sharedcarenetwork.org.uk
- Special Guardianship (Wales) Regulations 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk
- Special guardianship information from BAAF www.baaf.org.uk
- Special Guardianship Regulations 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk
- TaxAid www.taxaid.org.uk
- The Challenging Behaviour Foundation www.thecbf.org.uk/
- The Children's Commissioner for England www.11million.org.uk
- The Children's Commissioner for Wales www.childcomwales.org.uk/
- The Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 www.opsi.gov.uk
- The Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996 www.opsi.gov.uk
- The Fostering Services (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (2008) www.opsi.gov.uk
- The Fostering Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (2009) www.opsi.gov.uk
- The Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003 www.opsi.gov.uk
- The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 www.opsi.gov.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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