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Oscar nominee and Bafta winner Barry Keoghan has been hailed as inspirational by young people who have been through the care system. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/barry-keoghan-oscar-the-banshees-of-inisherin-alevels-bafta-b2297852.html
An article about a custom-built community in Florida offering affordable housing and support for foster carers.https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2023/03/unique-new-life-village-residential-community-welcomes-16-new-families-with-campus-expansion/
Here’s your news from across the UK:
- Council makes “care experience” a “protected characteristic” status https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2023/03/07/council-makes-care-experience-a-protected-characteristic-status/
- Revealed: Students told to pay year’s rent upfront because they don’t have families https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/universities-rent-guarantor-care-leavers-b2292884.html
- The Children’s Commissioner in England made a speech to the National Association of Virtual School Heads where he said he hoped to create significant and lasting change to the lives of Care Experienced people. https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/2023/03/09/childrens-commissioners-speech-to-the-national-association-of-virtual-school-heads/
- Councils in England are referring more children from residential to foster care, independent fostering agencies (IFAs) have reported.https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/03/08/councils-referring-more-children-from-residential-to-foster-care-report-agencies/
- Newcastle’s fostering team launch innovative programme to support carers. https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/citylife-news/community/newcastles-fostering-team-launch-innovative-programme-support-carers
- A councillor in Liverpool has suggested giving foster carers free council tax to encourage more to sign up.https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/call-foster-parents-free-council-26414712
- Members of Highland Council have given their backing to an investment of more than £2.3m towards supporting vulnerable young people and families in the Highlands. https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/15177/23m_investment_in_vulnerable_young_people_and_families
- An article looking at the role a guarantor plays when trying to find accommodation for university and how difficult this can be for Care Experienced students. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-64735909
- What can we learn from alloparenting? Parenting tips gleaned from hunter-gatherer tribes in Africa may be the key to bringing up more contented children in Britain, researchers from Cambridge University have suggested.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hunter-gatherers-show-us-how-to-bring-up-happier-children-78kbdngw8
- Somerset foster carer drives hours for children’s dental appointments amid growing NHS wait lists.https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-03-07/foster-carer-drives-hours-for-childrens-dental-check-ups-as-wait-lists-grow
- A scheme aimed at getting more disadvantaged young people in Edinburgh into apprenticeships has been scrapped by the council – after just two employers signed up https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-apprenticeship-scheme-scrapped-after-26434712
Here’s your news from around the world:
- An article about a custom-built community in Florida offering affordable housing and support for foster carers.https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2023/03/unique-new-life-village-residential-community-welcomes-16-new-families-with-campus-exp
