Fostering Through Social Enterprise

Fostering Through Social Enterprise
FtSE
Abbreviation	FtSE
Formation	2007 (2007)
Legal status	Consortium of charitable and not-for-profit fostering agencies
Purpose	To support those who undertake fostering for the sake of children, not for profit.
Chair	Walter Young, Team Fostering
Vice Chair	Jane Butler, Action for Children
Website	www.fosteringthroughsocialenterprise.org.uk

Fostering Through Social Enterprise (FtSE) is a UK-wide consortium of voluntary and not for profit fostering agencies, whose members look after over 2,000 children in care. Established in 2007, its' ethos is to support those who undertake fostering for the sake of children, rather than profit. FtSE has a lobbying function that aims to advocate for children in respect of regulation, as well as representing its' membership within central government.

FtSE Member Agencies

The current member agencies that make up the FtSE consortium are:

Chairpersons - Past & Present

Current Chair:
Walter Young (2015 - to date)^[7]

Former Chairs:
Alan Fisher (2012 - 2015)^[8] Hugh Pelham (2011 - 2012) (Former Executive Director of Children's Services at The Adolescent and Children's Trust (TACT))
Alan Fisher (2007 - 2011) (Current Director of Care at Supported Fostering Services)

In The Press

On 25 June 2015, FtSE issued a joint statement with NAFP, urging the Government to support all children in care to secure a permanent home without delay^[9]
On 9 October 2013, FtSE Chair, Alan Fisher, co-signed an open letter to the House of Lords, along with 39 other charities, to amend the Children and Families Bill, allowing foster children to remain with their families until the age of 21.^[10]
On 14 August 2013, FtSE Chair, Alan Fisher, wrote an article about Worcestershire council's proposal to charge parents when their children are taken into care.^[11]
On 13 March 2013, FtSE was one of 11 signatories of in an open letter to the ministers asking them to reconsider the Government's proposed bedroom tax.^[12]
On 22 May 2012, FtSE founding member and Chief Executive of Community Foster Care, Rebekah Pearson, joined a live discussion on recruiting and retaining foster carers.^[13]
On 18 September 2009, FtSE and then Chair, Alan Fisher, were cited in an article in Community Care entitled Social enterprises draw positive response from social workers.^[14]

References

↑ "Fostering through Social Enterprise". Action for Children. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Fostering through Social Enterprise". Break. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Fostering through Social Enterprise". The Children's Family Trust. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Fostering through Social Enterprise". Community Foster Care. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Fostering through Social Enterprise". Father Hudson's New Routes Fostering. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Fostering through Social Enterprise". The Adolescent and Children's Trust. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "FtSE announces the appointment of its new Chair, Walter Young". www.fosteringthroughsocialenterprise.org.uk/. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
↑ "The real crisis in foster care: poor relationships". Community Care. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Permanent homes for all children in care". Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
↑ "Children in foster care should be able to stay with their families for longer". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Charging families for taking children into care will not work". The_Guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "'Bedroom tax' concessions for foster carers announced". The Who Cares? Trust. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Recruiting and retaining foster carers: live discussion round-up". The_Guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
↑ "Social enterprises draw positive response from social workers". Community Care. Retrieved February 20, 2012.

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