Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s opens its archives to reveal the history of fostering in the UK amidst national crisis

Stuart Mitchell

More than a hundred years of families opening up their homes and hearts to children across the UK are being celebrated this week, as Barnardo’s opens its archives to reveal the history of fostering in the UK amidst national crisis.  The charity, which has run fostering services since the Victorian era, hopes sharing these historic images will show the incredible impact that fostering can have – and encourage more people to consider fostering at a time when the system is in crisis.    Brenda Farrell, UK Director of Fostering and…

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Barnardo’s Issues Plea For New Adopters In Scotland As Register Reveals 20% Fall In Numbers

Stuart Mitchell

The country’s leading children’s charity is today issuing a plea for more people to consider adoption after figures revealed that the number of adopters on the national register had dropped by almost 20% in the space of a year. Ahead of last month’s Adoption Week, Barnardo’s Scotland has pointed to Scottish Adoption Register (SAR) figures that show the number of registered adopters has fallen from 209 at the end of March 2023 to 169 on the corresponding date this year. That is a decrease of 19%. What’s more, in the…

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1 in 4 young people struggle to access healthy food choices in their communities

Stuart Mitchell

A new report has laid bare the significant challenges that children and young people face in finding and affording nutritious food outside of traditional home or school environments. Almost a quarter of young people (23%) say they struggle to access healthy food choices in their community. Over 45,000 young people shared their views for a new report from Co-op and Barnardo’s which reveals how young people are struggling to find and afford nutritious food outside of home or school. Co-op and Barnardo’s will present the report and urgent recommendations to…

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New Barnardo’s Service To Support Care-Experienced Young People To Find Their Forever Home

Stuart Mitchell

The country’s leading children’s charity has launched a new service to help care-experienced young people manage their own home and to live independently. This new service – ‘South Lanarkshire Futures’ – is funded by, and will operate in partnership with, colleagues from South Lanarkshire Council Housing & Social Work and The National Lottery Community Fund. Over the next two years, the service will provide an intensive wraparound transition support service to care-experienced young people aged 16 to 26 in care who require an alternative housing solution to what is currently…

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Young people reveal challenges of caring role in new film supported by Barnardo’s

Stuart Mitchell

A group of young carers in Aberdeen have created an exciting new film inspired by retro video games based on their caring experiences. With support from leading children’s charity Barnardo’s and community media organisation Station House Media Unit (SHMU), the group of six spent almost three months learning about filmmaking before unveiling their masterpiece where each ‘level’ includes different aspects of being a young carer and some of the challenges they may face within their role. The film – entitled ‘Young Warriors’ – was made possible thanks to support from…

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