The upcoming International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO) Conference “Pathways: A lifelong understanding of education, trauma, intervention and success" will take place on 1-4 September 2016 in Sheffield, UK. This year's theme will focus on formal and informal educational outcomes, intervention opportunities and successes for children in care and care leavers through their journey of care.
Along with the dynamic academic programme, IFCO 2016 will include two youth programme tracks on self-advocacy and empowerment of the young people with care experience. The conference will bring together practitioners, researchers, academics, educators, foster parents, foster families, children in foster care, care leavers, birth families, social workers and policy makers from most of the European / CIS countries and beyond.
Registration is open until 19 August 2016 at http://bit.ly/IFCO_2016. Further details can be also found at the conference website http://2016conference.ifco.info. Sponsorship for youth in care and care leavers between the age of 14 and 18 years is available via http://bit.ly/PWYF_2016