Skip to main content
Toggle navigation
User account menu
Shop - Cart
0
item(s) -
£0.00
Register
Login
Search
Site Navigation
Advice & Information
Advice
Ukraine
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Could you foster?
All about fostering
Being a foster carer
Looking after a fostered child
Finances
Find a fostering service
Training & consultancy
Publications
Policy & Practice
Policy positions
Consultation responses
Research
Practice information
Projects and programmes
Recruitment and retention
Get Involved
Championing fostering
Foster Care Fortnight
Membership
Our campaigns
Training and events calendar
Fundraise
Ways to fundraise
Fundraising during COVID-19
How to donate
Charity Lottery
Digital fundraising
Partner with us
Corporate partnerships
Leave a gift in your will
How your money helps
Don't Move Me appeal
Donate
If you are unable to login please go to the 'Register' tab at the top of the page
Search
Home
Search
Search
Go
Content
Fosterline Wales factsheets and briefing papers
… Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru
and
All Wales Heads of Children’s Services (AWHoCS). The … plan. This factsheet defines what advocacy is
and
why
it
's important; what the 'active offer' is
and
the expected … world This factsheet provides a short introduction to
internet
and
technology use for children
and
young people.
It
…
Read more>
Practice webinars and online events
… Upcoming webinars: The development
and
progress of regional fostering recruitment support hubs: … shows that the number of children in care has increased.
It
is hoped that the recruitment support hubs will boost … produced by young people with Enable Digital passport ,
Internet
Matters Digital passport for adults
and
carers …
Read more>
Coronavirus (Covid-19) - legislation and guidance
… continued to provide care for a limited number of children
and
young people: those who are vulnerable
and
those whose … care
and
support plans if necessary, for those who need
it
during this crisis. Transitioning back to school All … during coronavirus (COVID-19) - including how to get
internet
access
and
technology for care leavers
and
children …
Read more>
Using CCTV at a foster home
… example, from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
and
the UK Government ) to make sure their cameras
and
… of others. For foster carers
and
fostering services,
it
’s also very important to think carefully about how any …
and
microphones at the foster home are connected to the
internet
, or upload data to the Cloud or any other …
Read more>
Fostering in a digital world
… Fostering in a digital world: challenges
and
opportunities Digital technologies are an important part … are here to stay. Being online (browsing
and
using the
internet
) gives children
and
young people the chance to stay … at school. But children will encounter risks online.
It
is important to support them to recognise
and
manage these …
Read more>
Pagination
Current page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Next page
Next ›
Last page
Last »
Blog entry
Attracting and Keeping Carers – May 2013
… This month is all about Foster Care Fortnight®
and
raising the profile of fostering across the UK. We’ve … get in the frame this Foster Care Fortnight
and
run with
it
in a plethora of creative ways. From head stands in the … search for max.com. Since those heady days in 1996, the
Internet
has mushroomed into a hub of content on a scale …
Read more>
Breaking the chain
… This is my first ever blog
and
hopefully one of many. I would like to introduce myself … I play chess with people all over the world via the
internet
and
I also enjoy painting. I love cooking for my … experienced pushed me to head in that direction. Although
it
was not long before the sadness of working in a hospital, …
Read more>
Attracting and Keeping Carers - February 2015
… need for foster carers for teenagers, sibling groups
and
disabled children, which has been echoed in the Foster … to the UK economy in excess of £800 million. But of course
it
is the impact on the children that is of greatest concern, … million adults (76 per cent) in Great Britain accessed the
internet
every day in 2014. The Global Web Index shows that …
Read more>
Why fostering needs to keep up with the digital world
… years, with the rise of social media. No longer is the
internet
just a place to help children do their homework, people use
it
for a whole variety of interactive activities, from … got up to speed with Myspace,
it
was already obsolete
and
Facebook began to rule the roost. Then along came Twitter …
Read more>
Grooming
…
And
what I learnt is this. Grooming may be done in person or over the
internet
. The adult often spends many months establishing a … young people don't realise they are being groomed until
it
is too late, or that what has happened is abuse, perhaps …
Read more>
Pagination
Current page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Page
4
Next page
Next ›
Last page
Last »
News Story
UK foster carers provided with new training to help keep children safe online
… New training course, developed by
Internet
Matters, The Fostering Network
and
Dr Simon P Hammond from UEA, has been created for foster … sessions led by The Fostering Network or through the
Internet
Matters website Today,
Internet
Matters
and
The …
Read more>
Pagination
Current page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Next page
Next ›
Last page
Last »
Events
Pagination
Current page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Page
4
Next page
Next ›
Last page
Last »