Foster carers provide children with stability, security, attachment and a positive experience of family life… Read More
State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021: Spotlight on Wales
The State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021: Spotlight on Wales report highlights the challenges foster care in Wales has to overcome and what more needs to be done to provide our children with… Read More
State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021
The State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021 report, published in December 2021, provided further evidence of the recruitment and retention crisis in foster care but highlights how the need to value and recognise the foster carer role is at the heart of the crisis… Read More
Meic helpline
Meic is the information, advice and advocacy service for children and young people in Wales aged 0-25… Read More
Sound of change: end of physical punishment in Wales
This is the sound of change. This is a historic moment for the rights of children in Wales… Read More
New special edition of Thrive Magazine: ‘Life after GCSEs’
The Fostering Network in Wales work directly with care-experienced young people to create magazines that speak to their concerns, document their experiences, and communicate… Read More
Challenges care-experienced young people face in accessing welfare support
Leicestershire Cares new campaign aims to change welfare policy to tackle some of the challenges young people face in accessing Universal Credit and other welfare support… Read More
Supporting siblings within their family when living with a child with cystic fibrosis
The ‘listen hear’ study explored the experiences of siblings living with a child with cystic fibrosis. Siblings experience a journey alongside their brother or sister when living in the context of a long-term condition such as Cystic Fibrosis… Read More
Leicestershire Cares YES Project
Leicestershire Cares had an exciting quarter with young people engaging more and more with their employability sessions, creating CVs, learning how to successfully job search, preparing for interviews and growing in confidence… Read More
New education update from Leicestershire Cares
Leicestershire Cares Education Team update on the workshops and sessions they have been delivering, and the projects they have recently launched and relaunched… Read More
