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Making Tax Digital
… HMRC in May 2023 who explained their thinking to include
foster
carers in Making Tax Digital (MTD) from 2024. This … to write to their elected representatives. Thank
you
to everyone who supported our campaign! To find out more … software packages. Subscribing to accounting software
could
cost approximately £100 per year. An extra £100 for …
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Foster Walk
… Celebrating #FosteringMoments Join
Foster
Walk 2024 and walk alongside hundreds of people across … living in
foster
care across the UK. By walking with us,
you
’ll help raise support and funds for fostering and help … with us. Take a picture and tag us on social media – it
could
be of your
Foster
Walk team, stunning scenery or …
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Foster Walk 2024
… Celebrating #FosteringMoments Join
Foster
Walk 2024 and walk alongside hundreds of people across … living in
foster
care across the UK. By walking with us,
you
’ll help raise support and funds for fostering and help … with us. Take a picture and tag us on social media – it
could
be of your
Foster
Walk team, stunning scenery or …
Read more>
Staying Put – your questions answered
… the age of 18, whereby they can remain living with their
foster
carer up to the age of 21. In this way, stable family … They should be updating it in line with the new duty. If
you
are unsure,
you
should discuss it with your social worker … they are 18 for entitlement is established – in theory it
could
be one night. What if I
foster
for an Independent …
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Blog entry
Scotland has many things to be proud of and our fostering community is high on that list
… I am delighted to say that during
Foster
Care Fortnight, thanks to the Big Lottery, we will … with
foster
carers, sitting in your homes, speaking to
you
and to your children and to your extended families and to …
you
and enriched your lives in ways
you
probably never
could
have imagined. Together, Scotland is stronger and …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers – May 2013
… This month is all about
Foster
Care Fortnight® and raising the profile of fostering … in the campaign. The response has been fantastic; thank
you
to everyone who has made the most of the theme in your …
foster
carers, I’d be grateful if all fostering services
could
complete the
Foster
Care Fortnight enquiry tracking …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers - January 2014
… This is a time of year when many of
you
will be launching new
foster
carer recruitment campaigns, tapping into those … after children temporarily because the fostering service
could
not find a suitable long-term home. Fostering can be a …
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With such a great need for foster families, who can foster?
… The need is great, so where are these
foster
carers going to be found? Well, in reality,
foster
… can be single, married or living with a partner – the list
could
go on. In other words, your background should not prevent
you
from considering fostering. There are only a few criteria …
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Covering all ground – insuring your home as a foster carer
… later I got a response. “We are terminating your cover.
You
have 14 days to arrange cover with another insurer.” I … been with them over five years and made it clear we were
foster
carers at every renewal. They said they wouldn’t have … information would
you
need me to provide and how quickly
could
you
confirm if cover is available? If a
foster
child …
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News Story
Keep children within their communities: charity highlights urgent need for more foster families
… Too often, due to a lack of
foster
carers, children are placed with
foster
families away … and skills to support them when they need it most. ‘If
you
have ever considered fostering, now is the time to get in … rewarding feeling ever – and the biggest compliment anyone
could
ever give me. ‘Becoming part of the fostering community …
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Over 9,000 more fostering households urgently needed during 2016
… family environments to children. The need is for 7,600
foster
families in England, 800 in Scotland, 500 in Wales, … current skillset in order to give a home to children who
could
not live with their birth family. Despite the call … they can
foster
. Finding the right fostering service for
you
is vital so that
you
can have the most positive …
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New report shows allegations process is failing both children in care and foster carers
… to improve practice around allegation investigations in
foster
care, as the impact of poor support and lengthy … land, no one takes into account how much stress this puts
you
under’. Current practice in dealing with allegations
could
also result in children in
foster
care experiencing …
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