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The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity, bringing together everyone who is involved in the lives of children and young people who are fostered to make foster care the very best it can be. Read more about us.
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This week the government announced a 3.55 per cent increase to the national minimum allowance (NMA) for foster carers in England. While we welcome the increased financial support for fostering families, it doesn’t go far enough to cover the full costs of caring for a child in foster care.
We welcome the government’s policy statement ‘Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive’ and its mission to give every child the best chance in life. There has been under-investment and lack of priority given to children’s social care for far too long, so we are pleased to see this much needed reset.
New figures show the number of people choosing to foster in England is declining for the third year running, with six per cent fewer fostering households compared to 2021.
