Social care Charities That specialise in Children in care

The support of foster carers in Oxfordshire, their birth and fostered children.

The KFN provides 24/7 advice and support to local Foster Carers and their families to help improve the lives of children in the care system within Kirklees. We also provide numerous activities for birth children and foster children to assist with their social esteem and well being.

BUDS, initially formed as a communal group in 1986, became a registered charity in 2000. BUDS has a multifaceted mission providing education and foster care support to children, livelihood opportunities, supporting the elderly, low-cost housing initiatives, addressing malnutrition, and conducting drug awareness and prevention programs for the deprived community in the Eastern part of Sri Lanka.

The Lovett Foundation supports Children in Care and Care Leavers in, and around, Swindon, Bristol and Cardiff. We create relationships with the local council teams, in order to plan together how we can help financially. We are focussed on supporting young people in the transition from leaving foster care and education into independent living and gaining key skills to enter the job market.

The charity supports underprivileged Families throughout North Wales. By ensuring that all referred Children and Young People/Care leavers, receive gifts to open at Christmas time. Offering a trip to the Pantomime for 100 people during the festive period. Offering Free holidays to families in need of a break, in our fully disabled adapted caravan on Hafan Y Mor, Pwllheli.

Provide regular opportunities for all singers to perform music from a wide choral repertoire. Provide and sustain a cultural asset for Aylesbury and the surrounding area. Foster children's knowledge and love of choral music by including them in concerts where appropriate. Secure financial support to enable the choir to expand it's repertoire and to improve its standards of performance.

Raising Funds through raffles, shows, exhibitions to provide days out and excursions for children living in care.

To establish in life and relieve the needs of young people, specifically those who are leaving, or have left, the care of their local authority and are progressing towards independent living, through the provision of a handmade quilt or other handmade object.

The charity will provide mental health support through counselling low-income families, children in need and children in care within the community. We will also provide educational support to statutory-age children and young people (Post 16). Providing vocational support as well as job skills opportunities. We aim to do this through the support of the local communities, counsellors and tutors.

Provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation for children in care of liverpool city council

The charity relieves the needs of children and young people in the care system by providing essential resources such as, but not limited to, bags, suitcases and holdalls to children and young people who are either at risk of becoming looked, currently looked after by the local authority, or entitled to leaving care services.

To rescue and re-home animals (with a particular focus on dogs and cats) from both the UK and other countries. The animals are transported, given a health assessment, receive medical treatment where necessary and neutered and given a pet passport. They are then placed in rented kennels or in foster care until an appropriate permanent home is found for them.

South London Christmas Dinner is organised by a team of volunteers who work together to provide a special and fun-filled Christmas day, along with a most scrumptious dinner for young care leavers, aged between 18 and 25. As well as a Christmas dinner, guests are gifted presents and treats along the way.

Stockport Foster Carers Association is a Registered Charity in England & Wales and is a Not For Profit Organisation focussed on supporting Foster Carers who work with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. The SFCA organise and fundraise for a number of events that have a direct impact on the quality of peoples lives in foster care.

We support Hampshire's fostering families and their Looked After Children (LAC). Our current activities this year include: A Closed Facebook support group, social events and activities for the children, a regular newsletter, regular virtual contact and information meetings, and more. These activities help build resilience, placement stability & carer retention.

The provision of foster care in Malawi.

to provide advice, support and fun based activities for foster carers their families and children in care

Support and representation of Shropshires Foster Carers and the Looked After Children in their care.

* Strengthening the understanding and recognition of the IRO role* Promoting and supporting high standards for reviewing purposes* Developing and promoting high quality training for IROs* Influencing the legal and policy framework for the reviewing process and looked after children

Providing hardship support to families on low incomes.Supporting children who are leaving care.Supporting trips and activities for individuals and groups.

The GFCA is an independent charity operated by foster carers, for foster carers.Collaborating with Greenwich Fostering Service and foster carers working for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we offer a robust service, comprising but not limited to tailored support and advocacy for foster carers and providing emotional and wellbeing support to foster carers and looked after children.

We operate throughout England and Wales. We raise standards, awareness and impact of Regulation 44 and Independent consultancy on children and young people in care and leaving care. Activities include training and education, conferences, influencing and contributing to policy and practice development, setting standards. Involving service providers and young people in the development of Reg44

Monthly support group meetings running every first Friday and third Thursday. Family fun days.

To provide foster packs for children from 0-16 years old entering emergency foster care, including everything needed for up to 24-hour transitional period in the hospital before Social Services can take over.Additionally to provide a 24hr emergency pack for expectant mothers arriving at hospital with no belongings to give birth.

We award grants to young people who are leaving care - assisting with, for example, home furnishings and home essentials. Such items as may not be covered by a leaving care grant.