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        Foster carers provide care for children looked after by social services teams when they are unable to live with their parent/s. There are currently around 2,600 children and young people in foster or kinship care in Northern Ireland. Announcing the funding Health Minister Robin Swann said, “Foster Carers do incredible work providing 24/7 care for children and young people. “The pandemic has meant that foster carers have faced many challenges, including coping with the increased ...

Covid-19 vaccine: Prioritise staff working with vulnerable children, say sector leaders Fiona Simpson Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Sector leaders have called for staff working in close contact with children, including those in nurseries and children’s homes, to be among the first to be offered the coronavirus vaccine. Childrens home staff and nursery workers should be prioritised for the vaccine, sector leaders say. Picture: Adobe Stock Register now t...

Charities push for Staying Put Derren Hayes Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Better funding and tackling bureaucracy are needed to help more over-18s stay with their foster carer. Young people in Staying Put placements are “twice as likely to go to university" compared with all care leavers. Picture: Shutterstock Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Children & Young People Now and making use of our archive of more than 60,000 exp...

LoveBelfast December 15, 2020   Whilst welcoming the announcement of a Covid-19 support package, a  Group of Outdoor Learning and Residential Centres in Northern Ireland who partner with the Education Authority (EA) to cater for more than 45000 children and young people annually have urged the Northern Ireland Assembly to fast-track the release of emergency COVID-19 funding – or run the risk of the sector being decimated. The Group which includes centres run by YMCA, GirlGuiding...

Foster carers should be added to the priority list for the Covid-19 vaccine, campaigners have said.

Foster carers should be prioritised in the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme to help protect vulnerable children, the Fostering Network has urged today.