Councils and agencies must understand what motivates people to become foster carers. Picture: Adobe Stock

Tackling foster carer decline

Social Care
The government has been urged to help feed families this winter. Picture: Trussell Trust

Holiday hunger funding plans

Education
Many parents found that sharing and engaging was easier from the family home. Picture: pingpao/Adobe Stock

Parent support: lockdown lessons

Early Years
Obakin: “The ‘everyone in’ initiative shows us what can be done – we don’t have to wait 10 years to end homelessness, but we have to put the resources we need behind it”

Interview: Seyi Obakin, Centrepoint chief executive

Interview
James Mapstone: "We’ll help create a fair and open criminal justice system where no person faces discrimination”

Sport can tackle the problem of youth justice disproportionality

Youth Justice
There have always been more boys than girls who are first-time entrants to the criminal justice system. Picture: motortion/Adobe Stock

Youth Justice: Special Report

Youth Justice
Children in care participate in the House Project in groups, helping to support each other while gaining the skills they will need to successfully move to independent living

Making a house into a home

Residential and specialist care
The criminal justice system is disproportionately populated by people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Picture: Seventyfour/Adobe Stock

Youth Justice: Policy context

Youth Justice
Opportunities to divert children away from the youth justice system must be sought. Picture: Adobe Stock

The State of Youth Justice 2020

Youth Justice
More needs to be done to respond to the impact of violence on girls and young women. Picture: Adobe Stock

Therapeutic Interventions for Peace

Youth Justice
Organisations must have digital engagement strategies prepared for lockdowns. Picture: Fabio rh2010/Adobe Stock

Living Through a Lockdown: Reflections and Recommendations from Young People at Risk of Serious Violence

Youth Justice

Tackling disproportionality: Three examples of YOT good practice

Youth Justice