The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity
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.
Latest news
The Fostering Network is dismayed at the recommendation from the Scottish Government’s care allowances working group that ‘the Scottish Government and COSLA should consider a Scottish Recommended Allowance’, rather than fulfilling its remit and recommending the implementation of a national minimum allowance.
Responding to a report by the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) which challenges the suggestion that fewer than one in 15 children who have spent time in care goes on to higher education, Sara Lurie, director of The Fostering Network in Scotland, said: ‘This report is very welcome as it explores the education of care experienced young people in more detail and helps challe
The Fostering Network is delighted that the 2018 Fostering Excellence Awards, which celebrate excellence and outstanding achievement in fostering, are once again supported by Dreams, Britain’s leading bed specialist.
We are also pleased to announce that the following organisations are supporting individual awards.
Events
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Tuesday, 25 September, 2018Killinchy Primary School, Main Street, Killinchy, Newtownards, BT23 6PN
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Tuesday, 2 October, 2018Ballyclare Secondary School, Doagh Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9BG