Children and young people in care index

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Children and young people in care

Overview of policy, research and practice, including statistics on children in care

Approaches in Scotland

Research and reports

Ideas and initiatives

From the Family Reading Campaign
Case study: NE1 4 Reading - a partnership between Lancashire social services and the library service to bring books to young people in care homes
Caring to Read - an initiative in Bolton to improve educational attainment
Initiatives in the news

See the Overview for more initiatives and ideas

News update

To read the Green Paper, Care Matters (October 2006) visit www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

Resources relating to children in care

Paul Hamlyn Foundation funding for reading projects (2001-2003)
Article from The Guardian about Jacqueline Wilson's fictional character Tracy Beaker, who lives in a care home: www.society.guardian.co.uk (23.03.05)

Articles from Literacy Today

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