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Common-sense sustainability for the future of Residential Child Care The Care Review has become distracted from its main goal. In attempting to do too many things, to appease the scatter…

#4 in the series of four. What is the role of children’s homes? Thinking about residential child care, class, race and gender In understanding anew the role and function of…

#3 in the series of four.  Practice and the social context Cricket and residential child care reflect the social context of the age, So, what? Cricket clubs are no longer…

#2 in the series of four. Of teams and time Given provision meeting needs, the stabilisation stage of recovery in a residential child care placement can be rapid. That is…

#1 in the series of four. What’s the link between cricket and residential child care? English cricket and residential child care have turned towards short-termism. In cricket the one-day game…

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…

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…