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A start-up approach to reimagining fostering

3 mins read Guest Blog
The Independent Care Review has highlighted what most of us already knew. The current fostering system is broken – there are not enough foster carers; too many siblings are separated; too many children are moved miles away from their communities, too many young people leaving care struggle in life; and private independent fostering agencies and residential care homes are making a profit on the back of the public sector.
Foster care needs reimagining, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock
Foster care needs reimagining, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

The care review also sets out a vision for the future, but, in the words of the Children’s Commissioner, ‘the ideas… [are] only as good as their implementation.’ It is very likely that if reform is delivered by the same organisations that created the current mess, we’ll be here again in 15 years. We need fundamentally different organisations than the ones that landed us here.

Assembling a dream team

We are a collaborative of social workers, and experts in human centred design and digital transformation supported by a network of care experienced people. Our aim is to set up a not-for-profit start-up that raises the bar for service delivery in fostering. We’re also lucky to have Katie Waldgrave (Co-Founder and Director, Now Teach) and Dominic Campbell (Founder, FutureGov and Co-Founder, Impossible Ideas Inc.) bringing their serious experience in public sector entrepreneurship to the team.

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