Building better social care in Wales
We will be launching bookings for our June conference series on Informal Carers across the lifespan in our next bulletin in May. Sign up to our mailing list to be notified when the registrations are live. Make a note in your diaries – lunchtime webinars will include: Registrations will be launched in the May bulletin! In… Read More
The written statement by Jane Hutt MS, Cabinet Member for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, and Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Children and Social Care, sets out Welsh Government’s commitment to take urgent action to address the profound and lasting harm caused by criminal exploitation of children. The ministers stated their response would be… Read More
Thinking about gender diversity and ageing* It seems almost a cliché to point out that we’re living in an ageing society. In most parts of the world, people are living longer, birth rates are declining, and that raises big questions about how we structure public services and broader society. We also live in a world… Read More
30th January 2024
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7th Febuary 2024
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Care-experienced children and young people may experience more problems with their mental health and have lower wellbeing than their non-care-experienced peers. Schools are seen as an important setting for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all children and young people, but there are few school-based interventions that are specifically designed to support care-experienced students… Read More
Watch this space for new blogs for our upcoming conference series: ‘On the Journey: Navigating Mental Health’! For more information on the conference:
Introducing the Research and Policy Kinship Carer Advisory Group – Your Chance to Make a Difference! Are you a special guardian, relative, or friend providing care for Welsh children who cannot live with their parents? As a Kinship Carer, your experience and insights are invaluable. That’s why we invite you to be a part of… Read More
Last year, a group of hosts in and around Cardiff, some from CASCADE, worked together to provide Christmas dinner and a celebration for care-experienced people. The team were filled with nerves ahead of the big day, with referrals still coming in up to the week before Christmas. A chef volunteered three days of their time… Read More
Neglect is the most common reason for a child to be on a child protection plan in the UK – in 2021 this amounted to over 27,000 children (NSPCC, 2022). Neglect has been found to be prevalent in three-quarters of child case reviews concerning the death or serious harm of children, and is experienced by… Read More
