Belfast Trust Fostering Service is holding a series of sessions for those who are interested in fostering or simply finding out more about fostering in general. Fostering involves looking after
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The Duchess of Cambridge will learn about the world of fostering today when she meets carers and young people who have been fostered. Kate will travel to the offices of
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The current review highlighted many of the well-known challenges young people face when transitioning from care and explored the psychological impact of these encounters, based on rich personal narratives embedded
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Two councils have been criticised by a family court judge who said a five-year-old boy taken from his parents more than two years ago had “languished” in the care system.
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If you are a foster carer, run a foster care agency or work in the foster care team at your local authority, then you could help to develop Scotland’s learning
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A third of UK children (3,582) have been separated from their brothers and sisters when placed in foster care during the last financial year, according to childrens charity, Action for
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An article examined the place of ethnicity in foster care arrangements, in the context of the sufficiency duty on local authorities to secure adequate local placements for children. It said
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The Fostering Network has launched an innovative new programme aiming to raise the aspirations and achievements of children living with foster families in London. London Fostering Achievement, run in partnership
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A mother is suing a Welsh council after a judge ruled the authority had acted unlawfully by keeping a nine-year-old boy in foster care. The child was placed in care
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SCOTLAND’S social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, has praised an Edinburgh-based fostering and adoption service. The services, provided by BAAF (Scotland), received top marks across the board at two consecutive
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