Focus groups with the Department for Education engagement team

The Department for Education has published new draft fostering standards and guidance for England and launched a consultation seeking views on the proposals.

The Fostering Network will be responding the consultation on behalf of our members. Therefore, we are hosting two focus groups for our foster carer members and two focus groups for our fostering service members. These will also be attended by contractors for DfE running the consultation engagement so that discussions can fed directly into their consultations as well as ours. 

Resources

• You can find the full proposals here
• Our blog summarising the proposals here 

Sessions for foster carers

• Wednesday 26 August, 10:00-12:00 - sign up here
• Monday 7 September, 10:30-12:30 - sign up here

Sessions for fostering services

• Monday 27 July, 12:30-14:30 
• Friday 4 September, 10:00-12:00 - sign up here
  
  

Each session is limited to 100 attendees to enable everyone to meaningfully participate in the discussions. We will confirm your place as soon as possible. 

You can also respond directly to the consultation