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Remember The Fostering Network in your will
… How your gift will help By remembering The
Fostering
Network in your will, you will be supporting … the UK as well as the families who care for them. The
Fostering
Network has been at the forefront of improving life … foster carers, seen the introduction of minimum
fostering
allowances
, successfully campaigned for the introduction of …
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The 'Cost of Fostering' - cost-of-living campaign
… in their care to achieve their best possible outcomes. The
Fostering
Network has campaigned for foster care
allowances
over the course of its nearly 50-year history. The …
allowances
are putting unnecessary pressure on
fostering
households. As the number of children entering care …
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Foster carer pay
… shout a lot about pay - indeed among the motivations for
fostering
as reported by foster carers, fee payments are … podcast explores the findings of our pay survey with The
Fostering
Network's director of communications and public … http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fees and
allowances
surveys The
Fostering
Network surveyed local …
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Campaign successes
… for Staying Put. Since the policy was introduced, The
Fostering
Network has been campaigning for it to be properly … the spotlight on foster care Following calls from The
Fostering
Network, the Education Committee carried out an … who worked tirelessly to make this happen. Foster care
allowances
After 30 years of campaigning for foster carers to …
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Blog entry
A great success, but there's so much more to do
… by my usual sense of dissatisfaction with the current
fostering
status quo. There’s so much more that could be – … extra hours, but that’s just one of a range of issues for
fostering
in England. How about dealing with the way that … foster carers are handled? Or ensuring that
fostering
allowances
truly do cover the costs of looking after children …
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From fostering to the House of Commons
… at that point, to decide if you want to go forward with
fostering
. And how did you find it once you started
fostering
? Every day, something small would happen. A young … and champion foster carers. Whether that be for their
allowances
or legislation to bring forward changes. So …
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With such a great need for foster families, who can foster?
… your background should not prevent you from considering
fostering
. There are only a few criteria you need to meet to … for a good few years finances – do you know what fees or
allowances
you will receive support network – do you have … things could have a bearing on how much you will enjoy
fostering
and how well you will perform in the role. Of …
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September campaigns update
… are looking to build on this support in the coming weeks.
Fostering
Stats The Department for Education has recently … We are keeping the pressure up on Government to fund
fostering
services enough to allow all foster carers to offer … sure you all agree. Read more on this from Jackie Sanders.
Allowances
The annual survey of foster care
allowances
across …
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News Story
Foster carers in England to receive more money next year as government announces allowance increase
… and what is affordable for local government. The
Fostering
Network welcomes this increase – which goes beyond … it still doesn’t go far enough and falls below The
Fostering
Network’s own recommended rates which cover the … that are below the minimum allowance. It also found that
allowances
across the whole of the UK vary considerably – …
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