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We are the essential network for fostering, bringing together everyone who is involved in the lives of fostered children. We champion fostering and seek to create vital change so that foster care is the very best it can be. Read more about us.
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Responding to the BBC article ‘Thousands of teenagers in care living without adults’, Kevin Williams, chief executive of The Fostering Network, said: ‘I am shocked at the number of looked after children living independently in England, especially those under 16.
The Fostering Network is today launching its Keep Connected principles which it hopes will become embedded in the practice of children’s services, with the aim of all children and young people who are moving on from foster families to be enabled to keep in touch with them – and with other significant people in their lives.
The Fostering Network warmly welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Children and Young People in Scotland, Maree Todd MSP, that there are plans to strengthen the law in relation to keeping brothers and sisters together when they are placed in care when it is in their interest to do so.
Events
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Wednesday, 9 January, 2019 to Wednesday, 10 April, 2019Rombourne 33 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9HB
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Tuesday, 26 March, 2019 to Wednesday, 27 March, 2019Training Suite, The Fostering Network Office, Glasgow
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Tuesday, 26 March, 2019 to Thursday, 28 March, 2019The Fostering Network, 87 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8HA