I have been a foster carer with TACT for approximately eight years and have fostered many children from different backgrounds… Read more »
My foster daughter couldn’t understand English, but she would understand love
Year: 2016
Changing children’s lives at Christmas time
Pam – TACT Foster Carer I had always thought of fostering having raised my 3 sons but my husband wasn’t… Read more »
My Daughter, a Refugee
Date: 2nd December 2016 I have been a foster carer with TACT (The Adolescent and Children’s Trust) for approximately eight… Read more »
I’m just a teenager who goes to university
Date: 28th October 2016 For many young people, university will be the first time that they’ve left home to live… Read more »
The Real Tragedy
Date: 20th October 2016 David Cameron, when Prime Minster, said: “It is a tragedy that there are still too many children… Read more »
Today’s Vulnerable Child is Tomorrow’s Unwelcome Immigrant
Date: 18th August 2016 Do you remember your 18th birthday? Was it a time of anticipation, excitement and joy. Finally… Read more »
We Must Do Better
Date: 18th August 2016 Education for looked after children is still not good enough. That is the conclusion reached by… Read more »
A National Disgrace
Date: 18th August 2016 The House of Commons Education Committee Report: Mental health and well-being of looked-after children, Fourth Report… Read more »
The Role of Profit in Children’s Social Care
Date: 13th July 2016 Last week at the National Children and Adult Services Conference (ADCS) the new President, Dave Hill,… Read more »
Foster care not a ‘waiting room’ for adoption
Date: 31st March 2016 There are 93,000 children in care in the UK, the overwhelming majority are in foster care…. Read more »
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