The Department for Education recently consulted on extending the amendments to the above regulations which were originally intended to expire on March 31st due to...
Archive for month: March 2021
Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing: Resources for Adoptive Parents, Special Guardians and Foster Carers
The Anna Freud Centre has created a new resource aimed at helping adoptive parents, special guardians and foster carers to support the mental health and...
Independent Review of Children’s Social Care: New Website
The website of the independent review of children’s social care in England has been launched. The website provides information and updates about the review, lists...
Voices 2021 Writing Competition
Coram Voice has launched Voices 2021, the national writing competition for children and young people in care and care leavers aged under 25. The competition...
New Children’s Commissioner for England Begins Tenure
Dame Rachel de Souza has issued her first message in the role of Children’s Commissioner for England, in which she reflects on the current challenges...
Spotlight Inquiry Exploring Care and Community: Call for Evidence
The APPG for Looked After Children and Care Leavers has launched the Spotlight Inquiry in order to gather insights and evidence to inform the Independent...
Grave concerns’ over pupil premium changes
Changes to the pupil premium could lead to schools losing out on a year’s worth of funding for the most disadvantaged pupils, campaigners have warned....
Children’s social care provision: invitation to comment
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a study of children’s social care provision in England, Scotland and Wales to establish why a lack...
De Souza embarks on children’s commissioner role vowing to ‘listen to sector’
Dame Rachel De Souza has vowed to “take responsibility for the future of children” as she takes on the role of children’s commissioner for England....
Cross-sector partnership launches to promote children’s social care innovation
A council, charity and private sector partnership has launched to improve innovation, including the use of technology, in children’s social care. The partnership is also...
Housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers increased
Campaigners have praised a move to bring forward plans to increase housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers. The Department for Work and...
Most English councils expect to slash budgets next year, NAO warns
The majority of local authorities in England plan to make further budget cuts next year following the Covid-19 pandemic, a stark new report from the...
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