Trek the Great Wall of China
The Fostering Network is seeking intrepid explorers and adventure seekers to join us in October 2015 in trekking the Great Wall of China.
Call for increased flexibility for foster carers combining fostering and work
Fostering services and employers in England can help increase the range of skills being brought into fostering by providing flexible working conditions for foster carers, according to a new report published today by The Fostering Network.
Call for increased flexibility for foster carers combining fostering and work
The Fostering Network is calling on fostering services and employers in England to help increase the range of skills being brought into fostering by providing flexible working conditions for foster carers, in a new report published today by The Fostering Network.
Let's go with The Fostering Network Wales!
The Fostering Network Wales is to launch Let's Go, which is aimed at improving health and wellbeing, strengthening fostering placements and encouraging children into sport, in early 2015.
Call for support into employment for care leavers in Wales
The Fostering Network in Wales has today submitted a response to the National Assembly’s Enterprise and Business Committee Inquiry on assisting young people into work, and has called for a renewed focus on support into employment for care leavers in Wales.
Autumn Foster Care magazine out now
The latest edition of Foster Care magazine has been rattling through letter boxes across the UK in the last week.
Children’s minister backs educational campaign
Children’s minister in England, Edward Timpson MP, has thrown his support behind a new campaign led by The Fostering Network in partnership with Achievement for All, aimed at improving educational outcomes for London’s fostered children.
The Fostering Network receives national award for campaigning
The Fostering Network’s campaigns team, who led the successful Don’t Move Me campaign, has received a ‘highly commended’ award at the 2014 Charity Times Awards.
Additional support ‘key ingredient’ for academic success
The Fostering Network has today launched this year’s ‘Tick the Box’ campaign, which is urging care experienced young people to access the additional support available to them at university, at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast.
Head, Heart, Hands reaches halfway point
As the Head, Heart, Hands programme has reached its halfway point, we are gathering evidence from the participating fostering services about the positive impact that social pedagogy is beginning to have on the lives of children and young people and the foster carers and other professionals who support them.
