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Our work in England
… with advice and support on a wide range of fostering
issues
including legislative frameworks, sharing best … recruitment and retention, pre-Ofsted preparation, and
policy
and case reviews. With an experienced staff team and … Read more about our current projects.
Policy
and
campaigns
We work hard to influence the
policy
agenda at …
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) - our influencing activity
… Our main areas of focus in
policy
and
campaigns
during the pandemic have been on the below … for foster carers, and we continue to raise the
issues
with officials and across national media. On 9 March …
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Blog entry
Campaigns blog - August 2018
… with schools on holiday and parliaments in recess, the
campaigns
team has been taking stock, looking at
issues
affecting foster carers and planning our work. Taking … taken the time to tell us about their fostering. Our
policy
team will soon be analysing the results, which we’ll …
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Policy and campaigns blog - May 2018
… our concern and hope they will be able to reconsider. Our
policy
call is for there to be national minimum post-18 … report lacked depth and shied away from tackling the big
issues
in foster care. For example, it dismissed the idea … we organised a meeting earlier this year where Vicki (
Campaigns
Manager), Kate (
Policy
Manager) and Judy (Practice …
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Creating change in 2019
… Thank you for all your support for our
campaigns
in 2018, it was a jam-packed year. Together we took … the results, which will be using the results to inform our
policy
and campaigning work. Life after 18 In November we … in support of the campaign. MPs have gone on to raise the
issues
with the scheme with the Westminster Children’s …
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News Story
State of the Nation's Foster Care survey launched
… out what foster carers think about a range of fostering
issues
(such as foster carer finance, status and authority … since the last survey. It is also central to the charity's
policy
work and campaigning to make foster care the very best … survey is crucial to my work, as well as to that of my
campaigns
colleagues, because the findings of the survey will …
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Raising the profile of fostering in the general election
… vote, and to raise with your parliamentary candidates the
issues
highlighted in our manifesto which reflect what we … Edward Timpson, as well as Prime Minister David Cameron’s
policy
advisor, Steve McCabe MP - Labour’s shadow children’s … ; • A new approach to social work . Vicki Swain,
campaigns
manager at The Fostering Network, said: “If you are …
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Children’s social care market study: Response from The Fostering Network
… working well and that it will not improve without focused
policy
reform. It is important that Governments and the … leadership, collaboration and a shared strategy to address
issues
such as sufficiency and drive improvements in … only where there is a need. It is vital that recruitment
campaigns
in foster care happen at the local level and are …
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Fostering in the political manifestos
… Edward Timpson, as well as Prime Minister David Cameron’s
policy
advisor, Steve McCabe MP - Labour’s shadow children’s … and training for foster carers, including on mental health
issues
” Vicki Swain,
campaigns
manager at The Fostering Network, said: “We are …
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