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Call for evidence for Government fostering stocktake in England
Monday, 24 April, 2017

The Westminster Government has issued a call for evidence for its stocktake of foster care in England.

The stocktake, announced last year, is seeking to understand what currently works well and why, where improvements are needed to achieve better outcomes for fostered children and identify areas where more research is needed.

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Use the local elections to help improve foster care
Monday, 24 April, 2017

With this in mind, we are asking everybody with an interest in foster care to promote The Fostering Network’s foster carers’ charter to any prospective councillors they meet.  Having a charter in place helps foster carers get the recognition they deserve and need to provide children with the best possible care.

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Comment: Launch of Children Commissioner for England's Stability Index
Tuesday, 18 April, 2017

Following the publication of the Children Commissioner for England’s Stability Index, Melissa Green, director of operations at The Fostering Network, said: ’We welcome this report as it sheds further light on one of the major issues affecting children in care today.

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