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February, 2006 stories

February 28, 2006

We cared our way to qualification
A Weston-super-Mare couple saw pictures of Romanian orphans in the early 1990s and wanted to help.

Book Review
Classroom Tales - Using Storytelling to Build Emotional, Social and Academic Skills across the Primary Curriculum By Jennifer M. Fox Eades

On the bulletin board
Freelance journalist interested in hearing from anyone with an interesting or unusual adoption story

February 27, 2006

Dundee city council launch new appeal
More people needed as potential adopters or foster carers

Press release from BAAF
Leading charity welcomes Health Minister's commitment to increase allowances for foster carers, but warns that more support is needed

Cared-for pupils' results 'shock'
Just over half the children looked after by local authorities are entered for only one GCSE, it has emerged

February 24, 2006

Children in care achieve in exams
New figures show children in care across Stoke-on-Trent are getting significantly better SATs results

Helping young get animated
Five-hundred Cheshire children looked after by foster parents and the County Council's Children's Services, have been introduced to the benefits of reading a good book with the aim of increasing their confidence and self-esteem

Guide to a successful approach in helping adoptive parents and foster carers
A pioneering approach to supporting adoptive parents and foster carers of children with attachment difficulties is set out in a resource pack produced by the Scottish Adoption Association

Could you be a foster carer?
TV presenter launches a major new campaign to recruit foster carers for Hounslow

February 23, 2006

Press release from The Fostering Network
Northern Ireland carers left out of pocket

Press release from CSCI
Consistent support needed for young care leavers

Punk star's "unknown half-sister"
Tesco manager says she has discovered she is the long-lost half-sister of former Sex Pistols frontman

February 22, 2006

Press release from Barnardo's
Royal Frogmore House and Gardens opens its gates in aid of Barnardo's

NI foster carers 'out of pocket'
People who foster children in Northern Ireland are losing out financially, a charity has claimed

Has father won an Olympic prize: his long lost son?
The current winter games in Turin have served another extraordinary purpose.

February 21, 2006

Urgent appeal for foster carers
Council chiefs at Dorset County Council are appealing for foster carers to come forward for six children who urgently need a new home

Magic foster sister is positive about caring
Coming home to find a new family member in her house is nothing out of the ordinary for one west Cumbrian teenager.

February 17, 2006

Who can apply and when?
Information on overseas adoption

Forgotten voices: young people speak out
Two films giving voice to the views of young people in foster care and the sons and daughters of foster carers are to be launched by a leading charity next week

10 years on.
The Community Channel to show documentary 10 years after it was first broadcast by Channel 4

Book Review
Ruby and Little Joe, by Angela McAllister & Terry Milne

February 16, 2006

Book Review
Nobody's Child by Kate Adie

Book Review
Carrot Soup by John Segal

Adoptive parents throw party
Among the celebrations for the Chinese New Year held across Northern Ireland, one in particular has an importance that the guests may only come to realise in the future

February 15, 2006

Book Review
Bad Childhood Good Life: How to blossom and thrive in spite of an unhappy childhood by Dr Laura Schlessinger

Giving time to care for others has its rewards
Foster carers and befrienders - people who give families a break from their children during the week - were thanked at a special evening

Appeal for more people to adopt children in the Worcester area
Worcester County Council's Adoption and Fostering Service has launched an appeal to find more people to adopt

February 14, 2006

Charity on lookout for new foster carers
A children's charity has launched a recruitment campaign to find foster carers in the Bristol area

On the bulletin board
I am searching for my birth mother

Book Review
The Great Sheep Mystery, a Tractor Tom book

More carers needed for teenagers
Carers say working with teenagers is not easy, but is rewarding

February 13, 2006

On the bulletin board
Trying to locate my birth mother

Book Review
Mog in the Dark by Judith Kerr

February 10, 2006

Press release from BAAF
BAAF announces new Chief Executive

Press release from The Children's Society
The Children's Society celebrates 125 years of real life fairytales

Press release from Barnardo's
Toddlers - it's time for some serious summer fun! Barnardo's Big Toddle - June 2006

Book Review
I Dreamt I Was A Dinosaur by Stella Blackstone and Clare Beaton

February 9, 2006

Book Review
Achieving best behavior for children with developmental disabilities, A step by step workbook for parents and carers by Pamela Lewis

"We need £8m to help vulnerable youngsters"
The director of children's services in Stoke is calling for an extra £8 million to help the city's most vulnerable youngsters

Book Review
We're Riding on a Caravan, An Adventure on the Silk Road by Laurie Krebs, Illustrated by Helen Cann

February 8, 2006

Enjoy all the fun of the care
The Crowden family's life revolves around children - and they wouldn't have it any other way

Book Review
Oh Brother, Tom gets a new adopted brother by Claire Friday

Press release from NCH
Aston Villa star backs children's charity to have a ball on Valentine's Day

February 7, 2006

Foster care scheme threatened by cuts
A scheme to support young people being looked after in foster care rather than a residential home is under threat after the Government pulled the plug on its funding support

Book Review
A Saucerful of Secrets by Jane Yardley

February 6, 2006

Open day on child services
North Lincolnshire Council is holding an open day which is designed to show people the services on offer and how they can get involved - either through work, adopting and fostering or volunteering

Book Review
Clever Chameleon by Ali Lodge

February 3, 2006

Love, loss, hope for the future.
Dianna Peterson Huszar has mourned the loss of her beloved daughter twice in her lifetime. This is her story

Fosterers wanted to care for city's needy children
A new campaign has been launched to find foster carers in Bristol

Children's homes praised
Children's homes across North Lincolnshire have been praised by government inspectors

February 2, 2006

Hard work pays off
Staff at a Camden women's centre have told how their hard work has paid off after they have found the borough's first Bangladeshi foster family

Press release from the NSPCC
Great news for children - ChildLine joined the NSPCC on February 1, 2006

Jordan's future plans to adopt
Glamour model Jordan has told how she would like to adopt a disabled child in the future

Book Review
I Wish I Were a Pilot by Stella Blackstone, Illustrated by Max Grover

February 1, 2006

Press release from the Fostering Network
Foster carers 'let down' by government consultation

Press release from BAAF
Consultation on minimum fostering allowances is vital, says BAAF

Press release from Barnardo's
Cherie Booth attends Toy Fair on behalf of Barnardo's

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