Bright colours and powerful affirmations from our recent our:voices project. 🎨
Children in care created vibrant artworks promoting confidence, identity and hope.
#CreateCharity #ourvoices #ChildrenInCare
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I am extremely proud of the whole team for bringing this project to fruition in under a year. Our young people deserve stable homes in the Borough. #childrenincare #Windsor #RBWM
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For the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge we raised a total of £38,536! 🎉 This includes match funding from the Monday Charitable Trust & gift aid.
Thank you for donating, sharing & supporting in any way! 🙏
This money will help us change the future for #ChildrenInCare.
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Hourglass with sand running out symbolizes urgency for donations to double the impact for children in care.
We're running out of time!
Our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge is only doubling donations until 12pm tomorrow ⏰
Every pound counts and is doubled to help us give #ChildrenInCare a voice.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005I2YL...
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A child sitting on Santa Claus' lap accompanied by a quote "I'd double the time I get to stay in the same placement."
What would you double?
#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #ChildrenInCare
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005I2YL...
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A child wearing a Santa hat with text overlaid saying one donation double the difference.
Just a few days left of our #ChristmasChallenge! Double your donation before 12pm on 9 December and help us give #ChildrenInCare the chance to make memories that last.
One donation, double the difference ✨
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005I2YL...
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With your help we can raise £25,000 this week, which gets doubled to £50,000 - we're already over 30%. Please donate if you can and re-share our posts 🙏
#ChristmasChallenge #ChildrenInCare
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005I2YL...
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With your help we can raise £25,000 this week, which gets doubled to £50,000 - we're already over 30%. Please donate if you can and re-share our posts 🙏
#ChristmasChallenge #ChildrenInCare
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005I2YL...
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Teen girl with blurred face shares how her advocate helped her regain her identity, expressing deep gratitude.
“I felt invisible, like I didn’t belong anywhere. My NYAS Advocate believed in me. Now I know who I am. I have my voice, my future — and I’ll never forget what it felt like to finally be seen.” ✨
#ChristmasChallenge #ChildrenInCare
Donate to NYAS now: https://bit.ly/3VxQ1Eg
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For some children, being heard is the biggest gift they could receive.
#ChristmasChallenge #ChildrenInCare
https://bit.ly/3VxQ1Eg
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It’s here! Our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge week when every donation will be DOUBLED.
For #ChildrenInCare Christmas can be hard and lonely, but your support can help light the way to a brighter future #GivingTuesday
Donate now: https://bit.ly/3VxQ1Eg
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We've looked back on National Care Leavers Month which included us taking part in a podcast with our My Things Matter partner Madlug, as part of our joint quest to end #ChildrenInCare using bin bags when they move home. Listen below 🎧 #NCLM
https://www.nyas.net/about-us/news/blog/
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Practitioner turnover greater among younger than older children in care and among those on section 20 agreements, show DfE figures #childrenincare #socialwork
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ICYMI: A vital guide for transforming children's dreams.
Recommended by the DfE, it helps you to aim high for #ChildrenInCare
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Quote is from Helen Hayes MP, chair of Parliament’s Education Select Committee. It reads: In 2024, 45% of looked after children were placed outside their local authority… This disrupts their education and exacerbates trauma.”
Schools offer belonging.
We need to keep children local - where they belong.
@becomecharity.org.uk
@helenhayes.bsky.social
#ChildrenInCare
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Quote is from Helen Hayes MP, chair of Parliament’s Education Select Committee. Quote reads: “One quarter of the prison population has care experience. They’ve been let down previously when they were children.” Image shows Helen Hayes MP.
If we want to cut crime, let's improve support for our children in care in schools.
@helenhayes.bsky.social #ChildrenInCare
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Quote is from Helen Hayes MP, chair of Parliament’s Education Select Committee. Quote reads: “She had to give up A-Levels because she had to work to keep a roof over her head. Image shows Helen Hayes MP.
When children in care turn 18, they face a cliff edge of support.
If they've no family for support, they can face pressures that classmates do not.
We must do better.
@becomecharity.org.uk #ChildrenInCare
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Three young people outdoors with arms around each other, smiling and enjoying a sunny day in a park setting.
Hot off the press our monthly newsletter is out! Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/nyas/news-nov
And sign up to receive future issues here: https://nyas.beaconforms.com/form/66eea761
#NCLM #CareLeavers #ChildrenInCare
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Governance Guidance for maintained schools, which is written by the Department for Education, reads 7.2.3 Looked-after and previously looked-after children A governing body must appoint: • a designated teacher who is appropriately qualified to support the educational achievement of looked-after children • a member of staff responsible for promoting the educational achievement of looked-after and previously looked-after children Governing bodies’ responsibilities are set out in statutory guidance the designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children. This duty is outlined in the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and the Designated Teacher (Looked After Pupils etc) (England) Regulations 2009. Become, a charity for children in care and young care leavers has published further guidance on children in care for school governors. The full page can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/governance-in-maintained-schools/7-compliance
The Academy Trust Governance Guidance, that is written by the Department for Education, reads 7.4.2 Looked-after and previously looked-after children Boards must appoint a designated staff member to support the educational achievement of looked-after and previously looked-after children. This duty is covered by the trust’s funding agreement and the Academies Act 2010, section 2e. Find out more from: • DfE: The designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children which sets out the board’s responsibilities • Become: the charity for children in care and young care leavers in their Children in Care: guide for school governors The full page can be found at: www.gov.uk/guidance/-governance-in-academy-trusts/7-compliance
🚨 The DfE recommends our Children in Care Guide to all governors and trustees.
💫 Dream big for #ChildrenInCare 💫
#EduSky
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A vital guide for transforming the dreams of our children in care.
It's recommended by the Department for Education.
I hope it helps you to aim high for #ChildrenInCare
#edusky
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In a quote, Kirsty Fletcher, a senior head teacher, reflects on her team’s work with their children in care: "It can be realy daunting but the work we do is so powerful - it really can change the life for a young person." By the quote sits Kirsty, a smartly dressed female head teacher.
Every child deserves a champion.
Some days are hard, but school staff are often that champion.
Aim high for our #ChildrenInCare
#Edusky
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Quote from Dame Elizabeth Anionwu reads: "Hold on to that dream and surround yourself with individuals who care for you, but will also speak the truth." Caption then reads: "Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, who was in a Birmingham children’s home until she was aged 9."
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu spent 9 years in a children's care home.
In 2017, she won the #PrideOfBritain Lifetime Achievement award for her work improving nursing.
Aim high for our #ChildrenInCare.
#Edusky
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Further to my post yesterday..#mko represents #Treaties 4, 5, 6 and 10. The #childadvocate is quoted as urging the #mbgovt to do something.
All I see, again , is #nahannifontaine […]
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Standards that meet Ofsted's definition of Exceptional leadership and governance. Exceptional requires a school to meet the ‘strong standard’ and for the following apply: 1. Exceptionally high standards of leadership and governance have been sustained. 2. Leaders’ actions have a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged pupils, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to children’s social care, and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or well-being. These pupils achieve and thrive. 3. There are no significant areas for improvement that leaders have not already prioritised.
Standards that meet Ofsted's definition of the expected standard of leadership and governance: Leaders act in the best interest of pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to children’s social care, and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or well-being.
🚨 New Ofsted inspections 🚨
For leadership and governance to be exceptional, outcomes for disadvantaged children will be 'transformational'.
This includes children in foster care or children's homes.
I hope that this helps #ChildrenInCare.
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To mark the start of National Adoption Week, @wearecoram.bsky.social has launched a call for adoption stories to mark next year's centenary of the legislation that created the first legal framework for adoption #adoption #socialwork #childrenincare www.coram.org.uk/news/coram-n...
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Infographic about a survey of school staff asks the question: Do school staff have negative beliefs about children in care? 1 in 6 respondents reported that they veyr often heard the view that children in care are problem children. This was reported in Become's 2018 research Teachers who Care.
When it comes to #ChildrenInCare, complacency is not an option.
So much to do and no time to waste.
#EduSky
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Snippet from the Inclusion strand of the 2025 Ofsted inspection toolkit. Text reads: Inclusion Ofsted considers how leaders and staff identify and support: 1. Socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils (those eligible for the pupil premium) 2. Pupils with SEND; this means pupils receiving special educational needs (SEN) support, and those with an education, health and care (EHC) plan 3. Pupils who are known (or previously known) to children’s social care, such as children in need and looked-after children.
Snippet from the Leadership and governance section of Ofsted's 2025 inspection toolkit. The snippet reads: Ofsted considers: 1. Whether leaders and those responsible for governance collectively ensure that the school’s provision enables every pupil to thrive 2. The commitment of leaders and those responsible for governance to raising standards of education and care to improve the lives of all pupils, especially those who are disadvantaged, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to children’s social care…
🚨 New Ofsted inspections consider both looked-after and previously looked-after children.
They feature not only in the Inclusion strand, but also within Leadership and Governance.
Could this be the moment things start to change for our #ChildrenInCare?
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Practitioner turnover greater among younger than older children in care and among those on section 20 agreements, show DfE figures #childrenincare #socialwork
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