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October, 2004 stories

October 28, 2004

Project needs help of fostered children
Young people with experience of being in care are needed in the Dorset area to help give care-sector professionals greater insight

October 27, 2004

Draw attention to adoptions
Youngsters invited to draw pictures of their families to raise awareness of National Adoption Week

October 26, 2004

Could you be a foster parent?
Foster mum urges others in her area to become carers like her

Orphan Anne's own story
In the spring of 1930 a baby girl made headlines all over Britain. Read her story here

Adoption campaign aims to recruit more families
Could you make it happen for a child?

October 25, 2004

Talk on adoption
Adoption agents tasked with finding homes for children are appealing for help

National platform for Cindy
Two years ago foster child Cindy Brogan was a ghost of the woman she is today.

New website backs adoption appeal
Families are Best celebrate this year's National Adoption Week with the launch of a major new website

New foster care recruitment campaign covers 100 communities across South Wales
Helen's "Fostering Changes Lives" message is at the centre of new information campaign

October 22, 2004

Could you help these kids?
NCH Cymru is looking for people who can offer short break care to disabled children

'Employ more social workers' - report
Children in the care of one local council are being left without the support of named social workers, say inspectors

October 21, 2004

Final chapter in search for mother
Appeal set woman on eight-month quest to find the grave of her mother

Make a difference for Barnardo's
Children's charity urges people to give up their time on October 30 and "Make a Difference"

NCH regional workshops
NCH are running workshops to find adoptive families for black, Asian and black mixed-parentage children

October 19, 2004

Diary of an adopter
Week 25 of our adoption diary

Praise for social care
Fewer children in care are playing truant from school, while more of them are gaining five or more GCSEs at grade C and above

October 18, 2004

Scheme to go national
A mentoring scheme offering 24-hour support for foster carers is to be adopted nationally

Praise for carers' outreach website
A project that gives foster children in Lincolnshire access to a brighter future has been commended in the House of Commons

Foster carers being left out of pocket
Fostered children in Wales are being short-changed by the current system of fostering allowances, according to a new survey

Children's homes to be closed
Two remaining council-run children's homes are to shut as part of a major shake-up in services for Plymouth's most vulnerable youngsters

October 15, 2004

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Mary Goulbourne

Foster carers needed
Lincolnshire social services needs at least 56 foster carers to cope with demand

Minimum pay move could solve carer crisis
Measures aimed at solving a foster care crisis by making sure carers get a fair allowance are being drawn up

Young offenders to go to foster homes
The Staffordshire Youth Offending Service has been selected to pilot a groundbreaking scheme that will see young offenders put into foster care

October 14, 2004

Today on the bulletin board
National Adoption Week

Social services win top award
A social services team has been honoured at a national awards ceremony for its work with children and young people

Helping others after a childhood spent in care
Carol Floris spent much of her childhood in care and now devotes her time to making it better for young people like her

City kids 'still let down' by social services
Vulnerable children and their families are still not being well served by Plymouth city's social services, according to Government inspectors

Social care costs soar by £½m
Huge increases in homelessness and rise in number of children needing specialist residential placements likely to cost extra this year

October 13, 2004

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal for studio guests for Heaven & Earth Show

Charity's plea to end fostering 'lottery'
A fostering charity says children are losing out in a postcode lottery of carers' allowances

Parishes working to aid Uganda orphans
The moving story of a Ugandan woman who rescued orphans in her war-torn country has inspired Forest of Dean people to raise cash

October 12, 2004

Fostering a recipe for a happy home
The best way to a man's heart is said to be through his stomach, and in the case of one foster mum that includes children as well

Struggle as lack of cash hits caring
Social services departments can't cope with the overwhelming demands of troubled youngsters in their care because of years of under-funding, according to an expert

Fostered children are being short-changed
Five foster carers who have been looking after children for decades have been commended for their work

October 11, 2004

Long-serving foster parents are praised
Five foster carers who have been looking after children for decades have been commended for their work

Angus announces fall in children at risk
In Angus this year, 240 children who were considered to be at risk were referred to social workers

Genna on Uganda mercy mission
A city woman is setting out on a mission to Africa to establish a home for children orphaned by Aids

October 8, 2004

Foster carer minority call
Black and Asian carers are needed to foster children in Nottinghamshire

War orphan in poignant return to Vietnam
A Vietnamese war orphan, who was found as a baby in the bloody streets of Saigon, has made an emotional return to his home country

October 7, 2004

Opportunity to foster disabled children
The search is on for people interested in fostering a disabled child

October 5, 2004

Diary of an adopter
Week 24 of our adoption diary

Meet the mum of 60 children
Alice Wright has devoted her life to looking after children and has fostered 60 youngsters in 15 years

Legal loophole
Gay couple use legal loophole to adopt three children

October 1, 2004

Fostering plan for young offenders
A fostering scheme to steer young offenders away from a life of crime is being piloted

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