The charter, supporting parents in and leaving care, pledges to deliver new standards of support by asking local authorities that sign up to it to actively tackle discrimination that care-experienced people starting a family might face.
Of these new standards, one of the most significant commitments would see councils move away from a policy of automatic pre-birth care assessment referrals to a more proportionate risk-based approach.
Care-experienced parents that worked with both charities and local authorities to develop the charter, say removing such practice will help build better relationships with those providing corporate parenting support.
The charter will also commit Harrow as a signatory to helping care-experienced expectant parents to develop parenting skills, access financial help, advocacy and mental health support.
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