Navigating the benefits system
Accessing and understanding the benefits system can be difficult for foster carers and the young people they look after. Information from Jobcentre Plus does not always take into account their unique circumstances.
A mum and a social worker, but still keeping connected
Selina is a fostering social worker who is care experienced herself, and her foster family still play an important part in her life.
Working together to keep children connected
Having been adopted myself and then going on to work in foster care, I know how important good relationships are for looked after children and young people.
The voices of foster carers are being ignored
The role played by foster carers has never been more important.
Campaigns blog - Next steps for Keep Connected
The relationship between fostered children and their former foster carers is increasingly being recognised as extremely important to the development and wellbeing of the child.
Campaigns blog - July 2018
Meet our new campaigns and engagement officer, find out more about the 30 hours free childcare for fostered children in England, read how we're responding to Fostering Better Outcomes, discover what's happening at the care review in Scotland and see how you can get involved in our 2018 State of t
Policy and campaigns blog - May 2018
Hello and welcome to the latest update from the policy and campaigns team at The Fostering Network.
Campaigns update February 2018
Time flies! It’s been a busy start to the year for the campaigns and policy team, and hard to believe we’re at the end of February already.
England fostering inquiry - an update from our policy team
Welcome to the latest blog from the policy team at The Fostering Network.
Access to free childcare campaign update
We’ve had an excellent start to our access to free childcare campaign.