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You’re invited to the upcoming webinar Including support for informal kinship care in policy on 6 November at 13:00 UTC. In this webinar, panelists will explore and demonstrate how kinship care can be included in policy and supported without formalisation.
Concerns have been raised after it emerged that the PSNI has visited children’s homes on more than 5,000 occasions in the past 12 months and made almost 300 arrests.
This study explores Ukrainian responses to internally displaced people during the first and second waves of war-induced displacement and internal migration in Ukraine, which took place after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and after the full-scale invasion of 2022. It also critically examines the UK’s response to Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK. Analysis of a review of the existing literature reveals significant differences in Ukraine’s support provision for internally displaced people (IDPs) during each wave, as well as key strengths and limitations in UK support for externally displaced Ukrainian refugees (EDPs).
This case study documents the complex process undertaken by a donor partner in Ireland* to push for the transition of their partner residential care service provider in Ghana. It follows their journey through the early stages of transition and eventually leads to their decision to divest of their funding and partnership.
This paper explores the involvement of children in discharge of care applications and the tensions children’s guardians and other stakeholders may face when aiming to both uphold children’s rights to participate and their right to protection from harm.
All under-18s have now been removed from Scotland's young offenders institutions and transferred to more child-friendly settings. The change follows suicides of young people while detained and the passage of a new law that bans children being sent to prison.
The aim of this review is to articulate the key mechanisms through which shared decision-making meetings can work to help keep children safely out of care and at home. Data from the literature was supplemented with consultation to ensure relevance to the UK setting.
Historical discrimination, reduced resources, cultural misunderstandings, and legal uncertainties create a challenging environment for migrant families
This article addresses the complex dynamics surrounding unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK.