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TACT: 2013 Virgin London Marathon
Join TACT at one of the greatest sporting events on the planet and help give a child in care a future to smile about.
TACT: Climb Kilimanjaro 2013
Following the tremendous response we received for our 2012 Mount Kilimanjaro climb we have decided to set up another trip to take on the world's tallest freedstanding mountain in 2013.
TACT: Local authority adoption services: avoiding the last chance saloon
Yesterday’s announcement about further measures to tackle delay in the adoption system are the most far-reaching this Government has yet produced as part of its agenda of reforming the adoption system. TACT acknowledges that the numbers of children waiting to be able to move in with a new adoptive family justifies a comprehensive review of the adoption system. Continue reading...
TACT: Report on care and crime shows how children in care are being let down
A report by the Inspectorate of Probation, which says children in care who have been in trouble with the law are being failed by youth offending teams, makes for worrying reading. Charity TACTCare comments here.
TACT: Labour conference fringe event - children in care and their forgotten human rights
Come along to our fringe event at the Labour Party Conference. This is being held jointly with The Who Cares? Trust and the topic for discussion is the human rights of children in care.
TACT: London to Paris cycle rides 2012
What is the event? Join TACT for a once in a lifetime cycle ride from London to Paris taking in some stunning English countryside and beautiful French scenary before finishing your ride beside the iconic Eiffel Tower.
TACT Adoption Coffee & Cake Morning
Find out more about adopting a child with TACT. In particular, TACT are looking for people who can welcome black children and those from BME and dual backgrounds, children aged five years and older, brothers and sisters and children with a special need or with a disability.
TACT comment on the All Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers report ‘Education Matters in Care'
This week the APPG published its report into the educational achievement of care leavers. The timing of this report is particularly interesting as it came out only two days before the Chair of the APPG, Edward Timpson MP, was promoted to children’s minister. His appointment, replacing Tim Loughton as minister responsible for looked after children, means that he will be in the interesting position of being in a position to promote the policy changes the report argues for.
TACT: Tim Loughton did a difficult job well, against a backdrop of the most savage cuts in memory
As soon as Tim Loughton MP announced on Twitter that he had been, in his own words ‘asked to stand down as Children’s Minister’ by the Prime Minister there were hundreds of tweets in response. Many of these were from children’s charities, including TACT, who have worked with him over the last seven years in opposition and then government. Perhaps surprisingly, given that he was a Conservative Minister in a government overseeing the most savage cuts to public sector funding in memory, these seemed unanimous in support and praise...
TACT: Bruised Before Birth - Liverpool
Bruised Before Birth is a one-day conference to educate professionals, parents and carers about the complexities faced by a child with FAS/D. It explains ways to deal with their challenges to maximise potential in their day-to-day lives.
TACT is unsurprised by Adoption UK’s recent report on post adoption support
Surveying over 450 adopters, their report ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ highlights the severe issues facing adoptive parents in terms of post-adoption support. Post adoption support is a legal requirement, ratified in the 2002 Adoption and Children Act. Yet, the legislation simply made it a requirement that support be available; it did not include any statutory guidance on how much support should be assigned or how the money should be spend.
TACT "alarmed" by Metro article suggesting pregnant women can binge drink safely
TACT responds to 'binge drinking ok' article in the Metro.
TACT: Legislate at haste, repent at leisure
TACT (The Adolescent and Children's Trust) have commented on the government's adoption scorecards as mentioned in the Queen's Speech, and suggested they might be pandering to headlines instead of focusing on vital post adoption support.
TACT: In School and Out of School: Admissions, Exclusion and Children in Care
TACT (The Adolescent and Childcare Trust) have written an exclusive comment piece on looked-after children and school exclusion.
TACT: Michael Gove's speech shows a welcome change of tone, but adoption reform is only one part of the change we need to see
TACT agrees with the Minister for Education, Michael Gove, that more children should be adopted and unnecessary delay and bureaucracy reduced. However, improvement of the adoption system should only be seen as part of overall improvement. TACT, along with other charities in the sector, is currently planning an enquiry into permanence in care and hope to engage the government in this work.
TACT: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): how to support affected children
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an incurable lifelong condition arising from brain damage caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. The effects may include physical, mental, behavioural and learning disabilities. However, if diagnosed, the right strategies can transform the lives of those affected. This new Guardian Social Care Network half-day seminar in association with TACT Fostering and Adoption will explain the condition and show what can be done to help.
TACT: Looked after children and Offending: Reducing Risk and Promoting Resilience
Many myths exist about looked after children, one of which is spending time in the care system leads to crime. Whilst it is true looked after children are over represented in the youth courts (and prison population), less than 10% of the looked after population actually come into contact with the justice system.
TACT: Criminalising Children in Care (Conservative Conference)
TACT has received a Big Lottery Grant to work in partnership with the University of East Anglia (UEA), conducting research into the links between care and the criminal justice system. This research sets out to examine the truth about perceptions of care and crime, to identify good practice and to make recommendations to help children in care avoid unnecessary criminalisation.
TACT: Criminalising Children in Care (Labour Conference)
TACT has received a Big Lottery Grant to work in partnership with the University of East Anglia (UEA), conducting research into the links between care and the criminal justice system. This research sets out to examine the truth about perceptions of care and crime, to identify good practice and to make recommendations to help children in care avoid unnecessary criminalisation.
TACT: Criminalising Children in Care (Liberal Democrat Conference)
TACT has received a Big Lottery Grant to work in partnership with the University of East Anglia (UEA), conducting research into the links between care and the criminal justice system. This research sets out to examine the truth about perceptions of care and crime, to identify good practice and to make recommendations to help children in care avoid unnecessary criminalisation.
TACT: Adoption and Fostering - a balanced debate?
TACT is concerned that popular opinion can be influenced by unfortunate comments such as Mr. Nearey’s that that if not adopted ‘children are languishing in the care system’. This fails to recognise both the key role played by the thousands of foster carers.
TACT: Back to School – looked after children and the education reforms
The coalition has introduced a whole raft of educational reforms. With schools re-opening after the summer holidays, now is a good time to take stock of these changes and the likely impact on a particular group of children and young people whose educational outcomes are very poor – children and young people in the care of the local authority.
TACT foster carer shares her first experience of fostering
Julie, TACT foster carer for TACT Fostering in the West Midlands shares her first experience of and tips on fostering in the latest edition of the Foster Families magazine.
TACT: The Welfare Reform Bill should consider the contribution made by long-term foster carers
The Welfare Reform Bill that is presently before Parliament will introduce fundamental changes to the benefits that people receive. During all the debates, both inside and outside Parliament the interests of one small but significant group of people have been ignored: foster carers.
TACT celebrates fostering
On 19 July, TACT launched a short film, ‘What foster care taught me’, to celebrate the positive experiences of fostering.
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