The High Court ruled that the government’s creation of a 'VIP Lane' for preferential treatment in procurement is unlawful as it breaches the principles of open and fair competition (or…
Commissioning culture has been developed organisationally and rapidly over a decade. It has done so largely without reflection or critique of its practices from those internal to it or externally,…
The best interests of every child are being addressed, debated, defined, by words and deeds. In the absence of strategy there is a plethora of often contradictory proposals each its…
The DfE has announced the first phase of their £259 million investment in children’s homes and secure children’s homes announced at the Spending Review. An initial £12 million will create new places…
Open access paper of importance: 'More Money, More Problems? Addressing the Funding Conditions Required for Rights-Based Child Welfare Services in England' https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/1/9 Callum Webb is an independent knowledgeable and experienced…
Change is necessary: 2021 - Providers, property, profits 2022 - People, practice, pay Unless we shift we're on a carousel. This is the work NCERCC is committed to in 2022.…
“Even now there are places where a thought may grow” (Derek Mahon) There is a significant space to be filled in our thinking about childrens social care placements. Simply put,…
This piece follows thinking from Calum Webb. We have extracted and linked and reordered. As ever with NCERCC we advise readers to go to source material calumwebb: Sufficiency is more…
This is a piece of creative writing. In 1971 Sly and the Family Affair released their album ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ On’. It is seen as a classic. This piece…
An Appeal to the People of England, on behalf of the children who need Children’s Homes Charles Dickens had an alternative title for A Christmas Carol Originally intending to write…