The Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University has been commissioned by Welsh Government to undertake a large scale evaluation of outcomes for looked after children including: A
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A young boy taken from his parents’ care because social workers had sex abuse fears was moved from a foster home after a complaint about him being “roughly handled” by
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The birth family of Elsie Scully-Hicks have said she would “still be alive today” if she had not been removed from their care by social services. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, was
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A group that aims to improve children’s experiences of the family court system has produced a child’s guide to legal language. The Family Justice Young People’s Board says children embroiled
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Increasing numbers of gay men and lesbians in Britain are adopting children or becoming foster carers. Latest figures show that there are now more than 20,000 children living in same-sex
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A family court judge has decided not to name a council she criticised over its handling of a case involving a baby girl now placed for adoption. Recorder Carly Henley
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A foster carer is launching a claim over her employment rights in what could be a landmark legal case. Sarah Anderson, who is used by Hampshire County Council, argues that
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A woman with a “very significant learning disability” has lost the latest round of a fight over the care of her two children. Two Court of Appeal judges have backed
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Two men who were fostered by the same British couple are being questioned by police investigating the Parsons Green bombing, it has been claimed. An 18-year-old, understood to be suspected
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More than eight in 10 adults are unlikely to become foster carers, a charity said, warning of a fostering crisis. Over 85% of UK adults surveyed on behalf of Action
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