Throughout the year, the BCN Secretariat disseminates the latest research, tools, news, videos, opportunities and events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe through its monthly newsletter. The newsletter membership has expanded from just over 300 participants in 2003 to over 3,216 from across the world in 2026.
Special Issues of the newsletter are also published, often in partnership with key actors in the sector, focusing on a particular theme, country or region to draw attention to the growing body of knowledge developing on the issue or context and to help busy practitioners keep abreast of learning and changes. If you want to share a resource or propose a theme for a special issue, please contact us at contact@bettercarenetwork.org
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on mental health and psychosocial implications for children who are separated from their families and/or in care, including two studies linked to the Bucharest Early Intervention Project.
In this joint edition of the Better Care Network newsletter, BCN and ReThink Orphanages highlight recent achievements in advocating for the inclusion of orphanage trafficking in Australia's Modern Slavery Act, along with resources relevant to orphanage trafficking and its recognition as a form of modern slavery.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on Refugee and Migrant Children, including several key resources from the Inter-agency Working Group on Unaccompanied and Separated Children and the Global Conference on Children on the Move. This issue also highlights other recent research, tools, briefs, news, events, job postings, and resources relevant to children's care.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on violence against children as it relates to children's care. In this issue, BCN's latest discussion paper on violence and care is introduced.
This special issue of the BCN Newsletter is a joint collaboration with Lumos and SOS Children's Villages, focused on the issues presented by the lack of accurate and reliable national data on children living outside of family care. This issue also highlights recent national, regional and global efforts dedicated to closing the data gaps on children living outside of households to ensure that all children are counted.
This special issue of the BCN Newsletter is a joint collaboration with the Opening Doors for Europe's Children campaign - a pan-European campaign advocating for strengthening families and ending institutional care.
Check out BCN's latest newsletter for recent research, tools, and briefs relevant to children's care! This edition has a particular focus on children living in and out of residential care.
This edition focuses on the UN General Assembly high level plenary meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants, and the Leader's Summit on Refugees that were held on the 19th and 20th September in New York.
In this special edition of the newsletter, Better Care Network and Family for Every Child highlight the launch of new Guidelines on Children's Reintegration developed by an inter-agency working group.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on “orphanage” voluntourism and highlights research and other publications on tourism and volunteering in children's residential care centers (or "orphanages”), including activities, updates, and new resources from the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative and its members.
