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The 'Cost of Fostering' - cost-of-living campaign
… The Fostering Network has campaigned for foster care
allowances
over the course of its nearly 50-year history. The current national minimum
allowances
(NMAs) set by governments across the UK are not … before the current cost-of-living crisis. Insufficient
allowances
are putting unnecessary pressure on fostering …
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State of the Nation's Foster Care 2016
… how we used your views in 2016 to improve foster care. 1.
Allowances
You told us: Our
allowances
do not meet the full cost of looking after the children in our care. Our annual survey of
allowances
led to eight local authorities in England pledging …
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Foster carer pay
… http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fees and
allowances
surveys The Fostering Network surveyed local … authority fostering services on the fees and
allowances
that they paid their foster carers for 2017-18. … England Scotland Wales You can find our latest
allowances
surveys here . The Fostering Network's view The …
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Thank you letter from our chief executive
… I am proud of our role in the introduction of minimum
allowances
in England and Wales, of Staying Put and When I am … for the introduction of placement limits, fair tax
allowances
for foster carers and our campaign to limit the … carers, the consistent implementation of post-18 care,
allowances
in Scotland, and the Government bringing refugee …
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Creating change in 2019
… soon at an event in Westminster, so watch this space.
Allowances
- Scotland In February last year, Nicola Sturgeon, … the Government published their National Review of Care
Allowances
Report which frustratingly only contained a … establish what the obstacles are and how we implement the
allowances
without further delay. Next steps are to meet with …
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News Story
Response to Scottish Government kinship allowance pledge
… are to invest £10million in equalling kinship care
allowances
locally to those of foster carers, Sara Lurie, … the Scottish Government to introduce minimum fostering
allowances
, and therefore parity from service to service, … following on from their promise to bring kinship care
allowances
to the same level as fostering
allowances
. …
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Foster carers in England to receive more money next year as government announces allowance increase
… that are below the minimum allowance. It also found that
allowances
across the whole of the UK vary considerably – … said: ‘We have been calling for an increase in foster care
allowances
to keep in line with inflation so it’s encouraging … or above the minimum allowance level.’ About foster carer
allowances
All foster carers receive a weekly fostering …
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