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Our news helps everyone working with and for children in need of care and protection, their families and carers, and with care leavers, to keep up to speed with what's going on in the sector, here in Scotland, and further afield.
New national campaign to find more foster carers launched
12 May 2025
The Scottish Government has today (12 May) launched a new national campaign - Ordinary can be extraordinary for a child in foste…
Latest statistics published on children in care in Scotland
22 April 2025
The Scottish Government has today (22 April) published the latest official annual Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland…
Latest child protection statistics for Scotland published
26 March 2025
The Scottish Government has today (26 March 2024) published the latest official annual Children's Social Work Statistics for Sco…
New information guides to help children, young people and families understand child protection processes
20 February 2025
New guides to help children, young people and parents and carers in Scotland to learn about child protection have been published…
Inadequate experiences of foster caring have sparked recommendations for improvement across all UK governments
11 February 2025
The Fostering Network has published (11 February) its 2024 State of the Nations’ Foster Care report, revealing that experiences …