A superb piece. www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-we-c...

BBC News - Two Northumberland Reform councillors suspended - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This Sunday 5.45pm #Lab25 conference. Hear from AJ & Salma, care experienced young people how we can transform our care system so no child is left isolated & alone. Speakers also incl Children's Minister @joshmacalistermp.bsky.social & me. I promise you it'll be a fringe meeting like no other.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel... Russia's war crimes include kidnapping Ukrainian children who are taken to sites for patriotic indoctrination, weapons training and combat drills

"The Children of Silence" - Chilean babies stolen and adopted by Europeans, thanks to Pinochet. 🥚 #adopteesky edition.cnn.com/2025/09/16/a...

A newcNAO report "The cost of supporting looked-after children in residential care almost doubled bet 2019-20 & 2023-24 to £3.1 bn" Grotesque profiteering at the expense of children, families & the public purse. There's a strong case for a windfall tax on profits from private residential providers.

Thr Government should just do this. A radical, popular step that would transform millions of children & families' lives. No child should be born into & have to live poverty - it blight lives & our society.

Polling from @Moreincommon_ on Lucy Connolly More than half think her sentence was too lenient or about right. Only a third that it was too harsh. Only 18% think politicians should associate themselves her, while 51% think they should actively distance themselves from her.

Today, the Education Select Committee released its latest report on children’s social care in England. It shines a spotlight on the struggles many families are facing—and the urgent need for change. See below how our Chief Executive, Cathy Ashley, has responded to the report. ow.ly/7MAy50WnEra

Come and work with me! @familyrightsgp.bsky.social is recruiting an Executive and Policy Assistant.

Good news for 100,000s of children, parents & #kinship carers - all children in a household on Universal Credit will now be eligible for free school meals

✈️ Lifelong Links goes international! We’re excited to share a glimpse from a recent trip to Oslo, where @cathyashley.bsky.social and @pamledward.bsky.social alongside FGC service manager Nicky Pallis, presented Lifelong Links to Norwegian sector leaders. #LifelongLinks #BuildNotBreak #Norway #Oslo

What an ignorant column in today's @theguardian.com Makes the bizarre assumption that children in care don't have any parents (or presumably families) -& answer to all lies in adoption. No exploration of safely averting children entering care, or reunification, kinship or foster care.

#Coys Worth the wait🤣

In a new blog for Children & Young People Now, FRG Chief Exec @cathyashley.bsky.social and @childrenfirst.bsky.social Chief Exec @margl24.bsky.social tell us to take a step back and reimagine how we support children and families in need. Read the full blog here: www.cypnow.co.uk/content/blog...

"At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur, Sudan" @unicef.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan have killed the entire staff of the beseiged Zamzam camp's last medical clinic & killed at least 100 camp residents. My friend's sisters & little children are in this camp in Western Darfur. #Sudan www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/w...

🎬 New Film Alert! Parents with learning difficulties often face barriers navigating children’s services. Our new film with @SpeakupSA explains: 🔹 How social workers should communicate 🔹 Key processes & terms 🔹 Support you can seek 📽️ Watch here: ow.ly/iZf950VtS83

Huge kudos to pupils & teachers @elmgreenschool.bsky.social for participating in #SchoolSwapUKtoUSA on @channel4tv.bsky.social Definitely worth watching. Would love to know what you think. My daughter went to Elmgreen School & i helped set it up. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Thanks to MPs & Peers on @appgkinshipcare.bsky.social for raising the challenges some kinship families are facing booking appointments for the children they are raising to receive crucial therapeutic support. Government must confirm funding ASAP. @melanieonnmp.bsky.social @munirawilson.bsky.social

Last chance to book - don't miss this event celebrating 50 years of @familyrightsgp.bsky.social Baroness Hale reflecting on the past 50 years of child welfare & family justice in England & Wales- & exploring the next 50. Plus reception & dinner with Sir Andrew McFarlane & Rt Hon Alan Johnson

A big win for @familyrightsgp.bsky.social - the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill requires English local authorities to publish a kinship local offer setting out what support is available for kinship care households. But we need the Government to go further- read how frg.org.uk/news-blogs-a...

NEW PROJECT 🚀 We're also launching a new project with Coram & @familyrightsgp.bsky.social, to help improve understanding of how families experience #FamilyGroupConferences & develop recommendations on how to achieve more equitable access 🌟 Find out more: foundations.org.uk/our-work/cur...

Our evidence has shown that #FamilyGroupConferences can help keep children safely with their families, but access to services can vary widely across the country🫂 Find out more about the work we're doing with Coram & @familyrightsgp.bsky.social to address this: foundations.org.uk/our-work/cur...

There are worms with more backbone than Graham.

This week, in a first for our panel of parents with lived experience of children's social care, they met with Children's Minister @janetdaby.bsky.social. A "pivotal moment" in @angelafrazerwicks.bsky.social's words - "from being seen as part of the problem to being seen as part of the solution."

BBC News - Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian-linked bribes www.bbc.com/news/article...

A momentous event for @familyrightsgp.bsky.social - our 50th anniversary lecture reception & dinner 27 March. Baroness Hale will reflect on the past 50 years of child welfare law & policy & the implications for future reforms. Special guest Rt Hon Alan Johnson. Tickets available

📢 Need advice about children’s services? We’re here to help! If you’re a parent, kinship carer, relative, or friend of a child involved with children’s services in England, our free advice service can support you. frg.org.uk/get-help-and... #HelplinesAwarenessDay

Trump's US administration has suspended with immediate effect a programme affecting 26,000 unaccompanied children at risk of trafficking, abuse & exploitation. The inhumanity of this action is self-evident acaciajustice.org/acacia-cente...

The @theguardian.com editorial: "the importance of sustained relationships... shone through" in evidence to the Commons Select Committee by care experienced young people. Each described painful feelings of disconnection incl separation from sibling. It's why @familyrightsgp developed #LifelongLinks

Kinship carers on our national panel, and Bradley who was raised by his nan, met with National Kinship Care Ambassador Jahnine Davis today. A great opportunity to share & discuss the experiences of children & young people in kinship care and the challenges faced by families.

Ok folks, deep breaths. There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome. (A rather long 🧵, obviously) /1

Zelensky is being forced to plead with Trump that his own country, which has spent so much blood and endured so much horror, is allowed to be at the negotiating table about its own future. That's where we're at- a return of great power politics. Putin's best week in years.

@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social spot on as always

Despite NHS England saying this must stop 8 years ago, children are being sent far away from home to get mental health treatment. The impact of being far from parents, family, friends & their community can significantly add to children's distress. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Our free specialist advice service helps families across England to work with children's services. Families get critical support, children safely avoid the care system and savings are made for the Exchequer. Thanks @chrismcdonaldmp.bsky.social for highlighting our impact in Parliament.

Struggling to believe in the goodness of humans? Listen to Aviva Siegel who was held hostage by Hamas, as was her husband Keith. If she can faith then so can we. What a woman. Listen to Held Hostage on @unholypod.bsky.social Two Jews on the News on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0DVPZW16...

One in 4 children involved with children's social care services by the time they are 18, according to a new study. Poverty & cuts in early support all playing a part Report by @cjayanetti.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Statement for immediate release:

BBC News - Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From today, reporting restrictions have been eased on family court proceedings across England & Wales. @angelafrazerwicks.bsky.social and @clarewalsh.bsky.social supported the judiciary on piloting these measures in a way that is sensitive to families. Read more: www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...

A thread. Dedicated to family members who were victims of the Holocaust & subsequent genocides - & those who tried to save them #HMD25

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. 80 yrs since the liberation of Auschwitz. Tonight at 8pm put a candle in your window to remember the victims of the Holocaust, other victims of Nazi persecution & subsequent genocides. And most importantly as a commitment to challenge hatred & prejudice today. #HMD25

The @nuffieldfjo is right. It is ­“inhumane” practice to expect ­mothers to be in court in care proceedings about their baby within days of giving birth. Young mothers who were themselves in care are particularly vulnerable to their new born baby being removed.

Do you work with families who are involved with children’s services in England? Join our drop-in on Wednesday morning about how our Advice & Advocacy service can help the families you work with to understand and navigate child welfare systems. Book here: frg.org.uk/events/advic...

Very moving article by the wonderful Sharone Lifschitz whose parents were taken hostage on 7 October. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Truly someone who takes antisemitism seriously...