Care and Education

  • From Foster Carers for Foster Carers

    The From Foster Carers for Foster Carers page is a base for foster carers to respond to the challenges and barriers raised and share their experiences, strategies and advice for other foster carers in regard to the key recommendations generated in current research…

  • From Young People for Young People

    These blogs, films, and advice materials were created by young people for young people. The content has been supported with help from CASCADE Voices – a group of young people associated with Voices from Care Cymru, Youth Fostering Ambassadors…

  • #MessagestoSocialWorkers: a film created by care-experienced young people

    We worked with a group of young people in care who attend a project run by the Roots Foundation Wales and the South West Wales Reaching Wider Partnership – Swansea University to create this film…

  • Care Leavers Toolkit

    This resource has been developed by Learning and Work Institute (L&W), in partnership with the Welsh Government…

  • The getting more involved in social care project

    The Welsh Government has funded Children in Wales over three years to develop new resources for care experienced children and young people across Wales…

  • The value of cultural and creative engagement

    The Wales Millennium Centre ran an arts-based programme in 2018 which was funded and supported by the Confidence in Care Consortium led by The Fostering Network in Wales…

  • Raising our children: the future of residential care

    Practitioners gathered at the ‘Raising our Children: The Future of Residential Care’ conference to discuss and listen to research on relevant issues concerning the future of residential care…

  • LACE

    The Welsh Government commissioned the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) in early 2015 to conduct a study with care-experienced children and young people to explore…

  • #messagestoschools: The IAA Project

    Following on from the LACE Project, the IAA project looked at improving the educational experiences and attainment of care experienced children and young people in Wales…