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A total of 226 children were in care in Donegal at the end of last year

A total of 226 children were in care in Donegal at the end of last year, according to Tulsa, the State’s dedicated Child and Family Agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children It has now emerged that there has been a ...

21 Jun 2022 at 08:33

Social care system ‘unfit for purpose’, says former children’s commissioner

The social care system is not fit for purpose and is “handing some children over” to criminal gangs, a report has found. The report from the Commission on Young Lives found the children’s care system is taking teenagers into care to ...

29 Dec 2021 at 02:55

Scotland

Sturgeon pledges ‘real commitment’ to transform care experience in Scotland

Scotland’s First Minister has said there is a “real commitment” to transform the experience of children in care. Nicola Sturgeon visited Buchanan Street Residential Children’s House in Coatbridge as Care Experienced Week kicked off ...

24 Oct 2022 at 17:22

Scotland

Approved foster carer numbers down and fewer children adopted, figures show

The number of foster carers in Scotland has fallen, figures show. The fostering and adoption statistical report for 2021-22 from the Care Inspectorate shows there were 3,415 approved foster care households in December 2021 – down ...

23 Nov 2022 at 14:03

Some children in care ‘missing from school and becoming invisible’

Some young people in care are being failed and allowed to become “invisible” to the services which should be supporting them, the Children’s Commissioner has said. More than 1,000 school-age children in England who had been in ...

25 May 2023 at 00:01

Coronation Street star honoured for services to people with disabilities

Coronation Street actress Cherylee Houston has said disabled young people need to see role models on television as she picked up her MBE at Buckingham Palace. The star, who was the first wheelchair user among the cast of the ...

03 Nov 2022 at 19:30

Child abuse inquiry calls for witnesses ahead of hospital residential care phase

The child abuse inquiry has called on people with experience of under-18s residential care in Scottish hospitals to “get in touch” ahead of the next phase of the investigation. The ninth phase of the Scottish Child Abuse ...

29 Aug 2024 at 14:54

Children in care being moved miles from their local area, charity warns

Efforts must be made to stop children being placed in care far from their local communities, a charity has urged after data suggested many are ending up miles away. Children in care in England are, on average, placed ...

25 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Kildare Live

Kildare-based university scholar wins award for research on children and young people in care

A researcher at Maynooth University has won an award for her research on children and young people in care. Maynooth University said that it wished to congratulate PhD scholar Tara Ćirić, who won the Irish Research ...

18 Dec 2023 at 16:33

Report finds system-wide failings damage the education of children in care

System-wide failings are damaging the educational outcomes of children in care, according to a new report. The Commons’ education committee report finds that looked-after children are receiving an “unacceptable” ...

07 Jul 2022 at 23:00

Matt Hancock making ‘big mistake’ going on I’m A Celebrity, Tony Hadley predicts

Matt Hancock will regret joining I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! as the focus will be on “juicy gossip” about him rather than raising awareness of dyslexia, a former contestant has said. Former Spandau ...

03 Nov 2022 at 18:38

Life

Foster Care Fortnight: An expert foster carer reveals the highs and lows of fostering

More than 70,000 children live with around 60,000 foster families across the UK and Ireland, and every year thousands of new foster families are needed. Those families give children and young people the ...

06 May 2022 at 10:55

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