3 May 2013 Last updated at 00:02 The “adoption passport” is designed to help quicken the process. A guide listing the benefits and support available to would-be adopters in England has been published by the government amid concerns that thousands are put off by the process. Figures suggest children spend an average of 21 months […]
15 April 2013 Last updated at 17:34 Foster Care – PC Charlotte Work reunited with baby Charlotte who was found abandoned on a street bench in Edinburgh A baby found abandoned on a bench is expected to be placed into foster care on Tuesday, BBC Scotland has learned. Baby Charlotte has been cared for at […]
4 April 2013 Last updated at 01:55 Stripping councils’ adoption role ‘a reckless gamble‘ By Katherine Sellgren BBC News education and family reporter The government has criticised local authorities over adoption waits. Councils could lose adoption powers. Plans to strip some English councils of their role in the adoption process would be a “reckless gamble”, […]
Nick Clegg said Ealing Council was wrong 29 March 2013 Last updated at 11:42 GMT A London council has been criticised for sending out leaflets suggesting people foster a child to avoid losing benefits if they have empty bedrooms. Under government plans, social housing tenants who have a spare bedroom could have housing benefit cut […]
12 March 2013 Last updated at 18:11 The government says that the housing benefit bill has doubled to £20bn in the last decade Foster carers and families of armed services personnel will be exempt from controversial changes to housing benefit, ministers have said. They will not face deductions in rental support as part of plans […]
8 March 2013 Last updated at 17:54 Boy was raped and took overdose following breakdown in foster care A boy in care was allegedly raped and took an overdose after a health trust changed fostering arrangements against the advice of his legal guardian. The child also scored his arms with scissors and was hospitalised following […]
By Judith Burns BBC News family reporter Adoptive parents in England should have a legal right to support, a House of Lords report argues. Adopted children may have behavioural problems which are not resolved “simply by being adopted”, says the Lords Committee on Adoption Legislation. Adoption service bodies should have “a statutory duty” to provide post-adoption […]
22 February 2012 Last updated at 10:33 Gay couples encouraged to foster children in Leeds By Stephanie Barnard BBC News “He stepped into his bedroom and just looked around like he’d gone to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory: ‘Is this my room?’, he asked.” For Stuart Price and Lee Rennison, it was a moment that highlighted […]
David Jones said he did not believe same-sex couples should be prevented from adopting children The Welsh secretary has said gay couples “clearly” cannot provide a “warm and safe environment” in which to raise children. On ITV Wales David Jones said this was why he had voted against the government’s legislation for same-sex marriage. […]
Glasgow fostering – City Chambers images spearhead fostering and adoption drive The images will be projected on to the City Chambers in George Square A series of images are to be projected on to Glasgow City Chambers later as part of a campaign to recruit more foster carers and adoptive parents. The images promote the […]