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December, 2005 stories
December 28, 2005
Fostering recruitment drive
Drive to recruit social workers
New director for young services
Wayne's gift to children with raffle money
December 23, 2005
Press release from The Fostering Network
December 22, 2005
"I'd never heard of Honduras until a voice told me to go and help orphans there"
Festive fostering
Join the nation's Big Swim
December 21, 2005
Press release from BAAF
Carers' cash shortage
December 20, 2005
Could you give the ultimate present?
Cash cut council's betrayal of loving parents
Smoking in foster care homes may be banned
Book Review
December 19, 2005
Book Review
£860,000 project will benefit foster children
Anonymous donation will aid Romania
December 16, 2005
A double celebration!
Carers to benefit in payments shake-up
Book Review
December 15, 2005
Press release from NCH
"Baby broker" fraud trial dropped
December 14, 2005
On the bulletin board
On the bulletin board
Book Review
December 13, 2005
News and information from Derbyshire Social Services
Information from Lincolnshire Adoption Service
Press release from BAAF
Book Review
December 12, 2005
Book Review
Book Review
Moves to place baby twins in care
Youngsters design council's cards
December 9, 2005
Operation Christmas Child
Book Review
December 8, 2005
One local newspaper's readers triumph again
Teenagers go casual to help out orphans
December 7, 2005
Book Review
Council staff spread a little happiness
Food-For-Africa appeal
Royal honour for dedicated care worker
December 6, 2005
Social services star ratings
Council climbs out of zero-rating
Social services awarded top marks
December 5, 2005
Supermum Margaret recommends fostering
Recognition for all Pat's years of love and devotion
Press release from NCH
Social services hindered by lack of cash, says inspector
December 2, 2005
A first-time mum at 51
Fostering information for carers
Foster carers wanted
December 1, 2005
My little China girl makes me a better person
Book Review
"Mixed progress" for social care
Abandoned at one hour old...
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Leading foster care agency will be at Bluewater, Kent, in January in a bid to raise awareness of fostering
A national shortage of qualified social workers means one county council is advertising globally through local and national newspapers and on the Internet
Devon is to get its first ever director of children and young people's services, a council has announced
For most children, Christmas only comes once a year - but one lucky group of youngsters are about to enjoy it again
Welsh foster carers left out of pocket
How a visit from the Holy Spirit inspired Leonie to make a life-changing decision about her career
Swansea Council has thrown a special party to say a big thank-you to its foster carers
Help raise £2 million for NCH, the children's charity, by joining Swimathon 2006
Adoption reforms will affect thousands of families, says BAAF
Foster carers in many parts of Wales are being left out-of-pocket by the current system of fostering allowances
Christmas may be just around the corner but for thousands of children there are few reasons to celebrate
Couple told they face losing the financial support which made it possible for them to take in the two extra children and give them the loving care they need
Carers in Dundee could be asked to sign up to a smoking ban in their own home under proposals from the city council
Mortimer's Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
Foster Children: Where they go and how they get on by Ian Sinclair, Claire Baker, Kate Wilson and Ian Gibbs
Disadvantaged children in Cornwall will benefit from a new £860,000 three-year project to give them a better start in life
Generous donor gives £1,000 so essential aid and gifts can be sent to orphans for Christmas
Two Swansea volunteer projects have celebrated their fifth birthdays - and received widespread thanks for a job well done
Foster carers in Gloucestershire will be better off under a new system of payments
Little Red's Christmas Story
Kwik-Fit Financial Services lights up the festive season for NCH Scotland
American woman alleged to be at centre of a high-profile Internet adoption bid has been cleared of charges
I would love to hear from anyone who has recently adopted or is waiting to adopt
I am trying to track down the journalist Vicky Anning
Fifi and the Flowertots: Come and Meet the Flowertots
The latest news about the Adoption and Children Act 2002 which comes fully into force on December 30, 2005 plus addition news from the social services department
A round-up of the service's results from last year
Landmark report reveals people who have been in care are denied information about their past
Little Red Train Adventure Playset by Benedict Blathwayt
The Pampered Child Syndrome - How to Recognise It, How to Manage It and How To Avoid It by Maggie Mamen
Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent by Lauren Child
Future plans for twins abandoned in Birmingham car park
One council's Christmas cards are this year designed by three children in its care
Children help to load boxes of presents on to world's biggest plane, ready for them to be flown to disadvantaged youngsters
The Starlight Baby by Gillian Shields and Elizabeth Harbour
Shoe boxes full of goodies that are guaranteed to put smiles on the faces of hundreds of orphans this Christmas have left the Exeter Express and Echo's office to start their long journey to Moldova
Students are helping disabled children and orphans celebrate Christmas in Romania
My Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Pool
Orphans in Eastern Europe will be enjoying a little more of the Christmas spirit this year, thanks to the efforts of council workers in Mid Devon
Aid worker appeals for people to donate food and clothes to help thousands of orphans suffering in a famine
Manchester woman receives MBE
A Government watchdog called the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), has carried out its annual assessments of social services departments around the UK
More social services ratings from around the UK
More social services ratings from around the UK
Margaret Spence is a real supermum who has given a loving home to 50 foster children
Pat Mitchell named Carer of the Year by the North Staffs Carers' Association in recognition of her years of love and devotion
NCH and Southwark Council launch Partnership to introduce Private Fostering legislation
"Social workers cannot deliver the improvements in services demanded by the government without a significant increase in the £14bn annual budget for social care"
Part three of our overseas adoption series
Anyone fostering a child outside the usual system is being reminded that they have to inform social services
Urgent appeal for new foster carers in the Camden area
Part two of our overseas adoption series
Twilight Children by Torey Hayden
Social care is improving in England, but there are still worrying gaps in the service, inspectors say
but now I want to find my real mum
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