03/07/2025: Campaigners warn over impact of benefit cuts to care leavers
Thousands of care leavers could be at risk of benefit cuts under the government’s watered down welfare reforms, according to campaigners.
30/06/2025: Childminder decline shows no sign of slowing down
The long-term decline in childminders has continued over the past year, latest Ofsted figures reveal.
25/06/2025: Teenager in care ‘not able to access education’
A woman who went through the care system says she feels her education became “not really a priority” for the authorities.
23/06/2025: One in 10 looked-after children have high care placement instability
Rates of high care placement instability decreased slightly in 2024 according to latest official statistics – with the percentage of children facing three or more placements in a year falling from 11% to 10% compared with the previous year.
19/06/2025: Barrier lifted to care leaver social housing from next month
“Unfair barriers” to social housing for care leavers are to be lifted within weeks, the government has confirmed.
31/05/2025: Action urged to tackle ten-fold increase in complex care placements
Extra government funding for early help services is needed to help tackle a more than tenfold increase in high-cost placements for children with complex needs over the last five years, say council leaders.
28/05/2025: Reducing Criminal Justice Involvement for Care-Experienced Children: New Report
A new report from the Centre for Justice Innovation and the Centre for Care explores the heightened risk of criminal justice involvement for children who have had contact with the social care system.
09/05/2025: My Care Story: ‘Don’t assume that everything is okay because that is the carer’s narrative’
A care-experienced advocate for children in care discusses the consequences of social workers failing to believe what young people tell them
04/05/2025: Specialist therapy course launched for foster carers
A specialist course believed to be the first of its kind is being launched for foster carers of children who have suffered traumatic experiences.
29/04/2025: Fatima Whitbread appeals to the government to overhaul care system
The former javelin world record holder has worked with fellow care-experienced people to produce a white paper with 14 action points for the government to implement