Another Angry Red Head

Hoping for a little more fairness in the world and some more spring bulbs

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@cherylcorless41 @AgnesWaxOOO Some carers, probably those who are working for private companies might get this amount but anyone fostering for their local authority will receive about half this amount.

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@cherylcorless41 @1Soloneo I foster a teenager and everything about this makes me feel sick.

[Home for Good @Home4Gd]

"Young people in care need someone who will love them, who will champion them, who will stick with them. They need someone who will go to the school thing and cheer at the back way too loud! They need someone who will be proud of them. It’s a privilege to do this as foster carers. Teenage years are difficult years, but those years have brought us moments of real joy too."

Join us for our online Information Session: Caring for Children and Teenagers - 12 June 2023 to explore the different types of care you could offer and what the application process can involve.

https://t.co/dG8be4KJez

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

Warm warm are lovely but they don't pay the bills. For 10 years the Scottish Government and COSLA have been arguing over who is responsible for funding foster and kinship carers and during that time thousands of children have missed out on important opportunities and experiences

[The Promise Scotland @ThePromiseScot]

For #FCF23 the Chief Executive of @ThePromiseScot @frasmckinly shares his thoughts on the importance of foster carers and what 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 can do to support them👇

[IWGB @IWGBunion]

@Labour_GCC @GlasgowSNP A kick in the teeth for Glasgow’s chronically underfunded foster carers and a disappointing unmasking of Labour councillors’ disregard for workers' rights.

Thanks to @danhutchison_ for tabling the motion and recognising carers' right to a collective voice!

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@ThePromiseScot Is there any update on the very overdue National Minimum Allowance? My foster son was 5 when @GlasgowCC last increased his allowance. He is now 16 years old. How much more would he have been able to achieve and experience with fair financial support. #thebrokenpromise

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@Glasgow_Times @jonmolyneuxSGP @GlasgowCC seems to be wanting to make life impossible for its foster carer and worse for the children they look after. It's a strange way of doing things

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

Thanks for highlighting this. As a foster carer for GCC I was very upset to hear how little regard most of the councillors had for what we do. Very grateful to @scottishgreens for all their support. Other just hiding behind the empty words of the Broken Promise @ThePromiseScot

[Glasgow Times @Glasgow_Times]

"It’s time to give Glasgow’s foster carers a seat at the table and give them what they really need to support the children in their care" @jonmolyneuxSGP ✍️

https://t.co/vlMoywDGHw

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

#interiordesignmasters love this programme but hate how they never get called out for their shockingly poor upholstery

[The Promise Scotland @ThePromiseScot]

The debate also highlighted the urgent need to agree a minimum national allowance for foster carers. Delivering the right level of allowances is vital to ensure Scotland has the right homes, in the right places, at the right time for children.

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@lowli6 @SocialWorkClara @IfcaInfo @m4cif @forsa_union_ie @KateDuggan8 This is such a good point. We are property of the LA when it suits but self employed and there is no duty of care at other times

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@archers_fan2015 Sounds a lot like him

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

Why is Vince living in the Laurels? #TheArchers

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

I would argue that only people who have met, spoken to in person and preferably have some relationship with the young person should be advocating them. I've sat in a hearing listening to someone who'd never met the child 'advocate' for the exact opposite of what the yp wanted

[Noel @Noel76467]

Is ‘advocating’ the new buzz word? I keep being told by other professionals they should be involved in meetings (that they don’t need to be) to advocate. What’s my role then? Advocating without a relationship with the child and context of the issues becomes dangerous.

[Foster Care Workers Union, a branch of the IWGB @FCWUnion]

Best wishes to all celebrating and marking #CareDay23 “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” - Arundhati Roy

[Nicola Sturgeon @NicolaSturgeon]

First @andy_murray and now @GARYTANK - my decision not to endorse a successor is coming under strain…

[Rachael Swindon @Rachael_Swindon]

Today’s experiment.

Tory MP Edward Leigh claimed expenses of £2,332 for heating last year, and £2,474 the year before that

Retweet this if you think he should pay for his own utility bills.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

"Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed" says Lee Anderson. The fact that quite a few people hadn't committed a crime before they were executed either is not his concern.

[Another Angry Red Head @AnotherAngryRed]

@MattKerrLabour @GlasgowCC This doesn't bode well for care experienced children in Glasgow, many of who haven't had a rise in their allowances since 2013. No wonder @GlasgowCC has a shortage of foster carers