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- A hair salon in Manchester has launched a new campaign in collaboration with Manchester City Council to educate foster carers of Black and mixed race children on appropriate hair care – https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/manchesters-the-hair-sanctuary-launches-first-of-its-kids-training-programme-focused-on-black-and-mixed-heritage-hair-care/
Fiona Duncan urges new Scottish First Minister to uphold Nicola Sturgeon’s commitment to the Promise https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/care-warning-new-fm-must-keep-promise/
Here’s your news from across the UK:
Article discussing the increase in people in care and the difficulties of adopting them. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/more-children-than-ever-are-in-care-why-is-it-so-hard-to-adopt-rnhnsp0tv
- A Glaswegian couple has shared their experiences of fostering for 17 years – https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/special-features/couple-reveals-what-17-years-26235974
- A Black woman has shared her story of fostering 3 white children – https://scoop.upworthy.com/black-woman-shares-inspiring-story-about-adopting-three-white-children-and-giving-them-a-loving-home-539070-539070
- 50 organisations, including Who Cares? Scotland, have called on the Scot Gov to pause public debt recovery for low income families – https://www.familyfund.org.uk/news/50-organisations-call-to-pause-public-debt-recovery-for-low-income-families-in-scotland
- Sutton Council has made care experience a protected characteristic – https://www.sutton.gov.uk/-/sutton-makes-care-experience-a-protected-characteristic
- The Mirror has a story on the ‘plight of love-deprived orphans’ who are having to flee due to the war in Ukraine – https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/plight-love-deprived-orphans-forced-29268111
- BBC has done a follow up story on the Ukrainian children that were brought to Scotland a year ago by Dnipro Kids – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64744305
- A feature article about bringing educational data into the care system – https://www.cypnow.co.uk/features/article/bringing-education-data-into-social-care
Here’s your news from around the world:
- In America, lawyers have called the child welfare system an ‘ongoing form of torture’ – https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/02/20/lawyers-separation-of-children-through-child-welfare-services-an-ongoing-form-of-torture-that-america-does-to-black-families/#sthash.Pw5vlAuW.dpbs
- In Kansas, lawmakers could pass a bill which would give greater protection and rights to foster parents and foster children – https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-02-20/kansas-lawmakers-could-pass-bill-of-rights-to-help-foster-parents-and-kids-in-a-chaotic-system
- A Washington bill meant to safeguard foster children has appeared to ended up in a standstill at a committee – https://www.opb.org/article/2023/02/21/washington-bill-oakley-carlson-safeguard-foster-children-died-in-committee/
- Teen Vogue has written about the challenges Care Experienced people in America face when applying for college – https://www.teenvogue.com/story/foster-youth-college-applications
