Children’s Home Christmas Morning
Every year NCERCC publishes a story, poem or song for Christmas. Here’s this year’s offering: Nothing is happening People are eating special snacks People are singing and dancing People are…
In praise and holding in mind the memory of Nikki Giovanni
Extract Nikki Giovanni (US poet) (and if ever I touched a life that life knows that I know that touching was and still is and will always be the true…
Residential Child Care matters arising from initial reading of Children’s Wellbeing Bill
Overall – details need enhancing – who has this expertise? The Parliamentary process will need to enhance it considerably. It is unclear as to the practice and context that will…
Government and children’s social care – beyond the fragments we need a theory of change
Government is showing a lack of experience with many major decisions. It is observable with children’s social care. This is creating confusion, disbelief, dismay, despair, disengagement amongst service providers, local…
A new Secretary of State for Children in a new Ministry meeting the task of Residential Child Care workers feeling belonging and being valued – a speech.
In its latest addressing of the current situation facing residential child care NCERCC creatively constructs one of the first public statements a Secretary of State for Children in a new…
Budget, National Insurance increases, Residential Child Care
Transfixing the nation with the narrow mantra of no tax rises has led to not taking the wider view of take home pay. A Federation of Small Business spokesperson interviewed…
Publication of response from the Welsh Government Minister for Social Care to NCERCC Analysis and Evaluation
With permission of Dawn Bowden, Minister for Social Care, and Welsh Government, NCERCC are publishing their response to the NCERCC analysis and evaluation of the Health and Social Care Bill…
NCERCC Independent Analysis of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill 2024 sees ‘More Work is Necessary’.
NCERCC, being independent experts in Residential Child Care and its planning, and independent of governments, local authorities, and providers, offers a unique position to evaluate policy proposals. The major message…
Reflection not Reaction Necessary re New Ofsted Dataset re Constituency Inspection Outcomes
A Government update by its agency Ofsted came on the day after term finished for many schools and on one of the busiest travel days of the year. People switching…
The Children’s Rights Charter can and must be done by our new government
The Children's Rights Charter. The Children’s Rights Alliance for England ( CRAE) and 90 supporting organisations are calling for the new UK Government to take urgent action on children's rights.…