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Online library - Since 2000, there has been a firm commitment by the European Union and its Member States to the deinstitutionalisation of children in institutional care and support for their transition to care that is family- and community-based. The European Child Guarantee…
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Online library - "All Hamzah needed was for someone to understand and love him; he needed parents and luckily, his uncle and his wife are very supportive caretakers." - Hasan, case manager at Tdh Born in Syria amidst the war, Hamzah*, 11, was only one year old when his family…
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Webinar - The webinar will present qualitative research study conducted by Sarah Todorov, a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK, in English and Bulgarian. Foster care is a form of family-based alternative care which has a history in Bulgaria dating as…
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Webinar - In this webinar, we will present “Safe Places, Thriving Children”, a two-year EU co-funded project led by SOS Children’s Villages International that is currently being implemented in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary and Serbia. If messages like “What is love?…
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Online library - National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) launched “My Things Matter” - a national campaign across England and Wales - that aims at improving the experience of children and young people when moving from one home to another during their time in care. The campaign wants…
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News - Albania has a long history of children being separated from their families due to economic hardship, obliging them to live in residential care facilities. 15-year-old Ilir was one such child, placed under residential care services in 2010 after the passing of his mother and…
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Online library - Joint research from Eurochild and UNICEF proves that comparability on children in alternative care is possible across Europe, and should be incorporated in the monitoring of the Child Guarantee. A commitment to deinstitutionalisation in Europe
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Multimedia - Eurochild has worked with members, UNICEF and over 50 experts across Europe to map how EU Member States and the UK currently collect data on the situation of children in alternative care. This research proves that comparability on children in alternative care is…
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News - Eurochild and UNICEF carried out the DataCare project to map alternative care data systems across the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU-27) and the United Kingdom (UK). They found that despite differing national definitions and categorisations of alternative care…
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Online library - While it's indisputable that children need to grow up with safe, loving families, 1.4 million children worldwide live in institutions that neglect their rights and needs (80% are non-orphans), and nearly 10 million children live in modern slavery, facing human…
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News - An independent review of children’s social care in England has been published. The review is based on conversations with children and young people, which were organized in March 2021. The published reports include: a summary of conversations with hundreds of…
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News - Blog by Zuzana Konradova, Thematic Coordinator Children in Alternative Care, Eurochild The COVID-19 pandemic created a crisis for a generation of children worldwide. Pandemic-related restrictions pushed families to the edge as they were unable to access necessary support…
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Learning - This basic awareness-raising course is for anyone who may come into contact with children and young people in alternative care settings. The aim of the course is to provide a brief understanding of trauma, the impact it can have on the lives of children and young people…
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Multimedia - Today, nearly 23,000 children live in state care. Another 140,000 children may be taken away from their parents at any time. To recognize their plight, 7 October is the Day of Children in State Care. At the initiative of SOS Children's…
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Online library - For adopted children good quality contact arrangements between them and their birth families can be vital to their’s wellbeing. Contact must always be in the child’s best interest – their welfare comes first – and the child’s needs will vary according to their age…
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News - A law has been introduced in the United Kingdom that bans unregulated support accommodation for children under the age of 16, which means it is still legal to settle children above the age of 16 in a non-care setting. In 2018/19, more than 600 children under the age of 16…
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News - The Guardian reported that many children each year are left motherless by femicide. Generally, families and friends struggle to take on the role of carers, hit by sudden loss and unexpected added responsibility. There are numerous activists and associations who are trying…
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News - The meaning of happiness is different to each individual. Bright Spot Programme has made an attempt to discover what happiness means to children in care and care leavers; the results could be occupied in order to make the life of these people better. The state playing the…
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Online library - Youth who experience abuse and neglect by their parents or carers can be placed in out-of-home care (OOHC) where such a system exists. These systems can be quite different, yet they have a few things in common according to What Works for Children’s Social Care’s…
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News - Significant number of authorities fail to meet their statutory requirements to assess their demand for fostering placements in England, according to a report by Social Market Foundation. According to statistics, the growing number of children in foster care would require a…
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News - Interim findings for Eurochild & UNICEF’s landmark study on European data collection for children in alternative care released Over the past year, Eurochild has worked with its members, UNICEF, and over 50 national experts across Europe on the DataCare Project to…
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Multimedia - Some parents return to court and lose multiple children to public or kinship care, or to adoption. This cycle of returning to court and having subsequent children removed is now commonly referred to as "recurrent care proceedings". This research raises points for…
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News - Rachel Savage and Seb Starcevic report for Reuters about a Croatian court’s ruling which would allow same-sex partners to adopt children, and is backing a gay couple in their five-year fight for the right to have a family. As reported by the Rainbow Families Association (…
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News - According to the Adoption Leadership Board, there were 2,030 children still waiting for adoption in the UK in the second part of 2020/2021, 44% of whom were siblings. Adoption charity Parents And Children Together (PACT) stated…
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Online library - "The practice guidance has been developed with the aim of contributing to the knowledge and skills of those who care for and work with children who live in alternative care and who have been affected by trauma. It recognizes that although children coming into…
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News - The CMA (Competitions and Markets Authority) is conducting research on children's care in the UK. The aim of the study is to find out why is there a lack of availability and increase of costs in children's care institutions, which results in children's needs not being met…
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News - This news is about the children in care, their adoption, the analysis of fall in adoption, and the effects of Covid in this process. Based on the UK Government statistics, only 3,440 children out of 80,080 children in care have been adopted since 31 March 2020. However…
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Online library - The research report produced by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) offers a comprehensive insight into the issues of overrepresentation of Romani children in state care institutions, widespread discriminatory practices, as well as the lack of…
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News - The transition to adulthood and independent living is a challenging time for many young people. Thankfully, most have their families to fall back on when life doesn’t go exactly as planned. Young people who have grown up in public care usually don’t have that luxury,…
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News - The objective of the project is to develop a sustainable mechanism for providing integrated psycho-social support services based on trauma-informed interventions. CarePath project is an EU Rights, Equality and Citizenship Program (2014-2020) which aims to ensure that…