Last year when John Lewis’s Christmas ad came out it won our hearts with a man learning to skateboard so he could connect with his new foster daughter. It made us cry, smile and want to care. But did John Lewis’s Christmas advert have an impact on the foster care system and the children waiting for […]
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On Wednesday 25 October, young people involved in our Homes and Horizons project won the A National Voice Collaboration Award for their work. Homes and Horizons is our residential, fostering and education partnership with Somerset Council and the NHS. The young people involved were all members of Somerset’s two care experienced peer groups, one for
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The children’s care system is broken.While there are staff across the country going the extra mile to provide children with the best possible support they need, it’s obvious to anyone connected to children’s social care or leading local authority services that the system isn’t working.Pre-pandemic, services nationally were creaking under pressure as we supported 78,150
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