Frances Edwards

Children and Family Solicitor. Legal advisor at @familyrightsgp

[Channel 5 News @5_News]

A survey shared exclusively with #5News has revealed tens of thousands of kinship carers are having to quit their jobs to care for children.

5 News' Chief Correspondent @tessa5news met one grandmother in County Durham who said "there was no support".

@FamilyRightsGp

[Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 @CathyAshley]

We did it! Congratulations to @FamilyRightsGp's amazing legal team led by @CarolineSSLynch
This is so exciting. And a huge thank you to all who support our work, @LexisNexisUK & the v wise award judges 😉

[LexisNexisUK @LexisNexisUK]

Congratulations to Family Rights Group, the winner of the Family Law Children's Law Team of the Year award!

#FamilyLawAwards #FLA2024

[Caroline Lynch @CarolineSSLynch]

@FamilyRightsGp legal team out & about again! Super @Tweets_ALC conference last week. Now it’s @LexisNexisUK Family Law Awards. Delighted to be finalists for Children’s Law Team of Year. Wishing everyone attending a fab evening! @JessJohnston90 @FrancesEdwards9 @miriam_naoual

[Family Rights Group @FamilyRightsGp]

Fantastic to have @appgkinshipcare Vice Chair @munirawilson’s support for our #ActForKinshipCare campaign.

Munira is a tireless campaigner for #kinshipcare & her 2023 Kinship Care Bill included key measures our campaign is pushing for.

📣Join us: https://t.co/YI1bvARNwF

[Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 @CathyAshley]

Thank you @bphillipsonMP Secretary of State for Education for your ringing endorsement of @FamilyRightsGp work & continuing impact on the child welfare system. Brilliant description of family group conferences "solutions for children-designed with the people who know & love them"

[Family Rights Group @FamilyRightsGp]

For 50 years we've influenced the child welfare system to support children & families to stay safely together. None of this would be possible without our supporters. We're excited to celebrate with a special film https://t.co/1gsV7uJc6j #FRG50 #ActForKinshipCare #BuildNotBreak

[Frances Edwards @FrancesEdwards9]

Very much agree. Important read.

[Community Care @CommunityCare]

Deprivation of liberty: 'We're managing risk - not helping these children recover' - Community Care https://t.co/xWBFjeLbI5

[Jordan Hall @jordanBhall]

Calling all local councillors - whether you're lead member for children's services, have scrutiny responsibilities, or an interest in child welfare - our online session next week will be a 101 on kinship care including policy changes & best practice. Sign up👇 #KinshipCareWeek

[Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 @CathyAshley]

Endorse this @YoungMindsUK quote "We're now in a mental health emergency & the government must get a grip on the scale of this crisis. Many young people are having to wait months & years to access help, while many others are told they don’t meet the threshold for a referral".

[Nuffield Family Justice Observatory @NuffieldFJO]

Children involved in deprivation of liberty cases face severe restrictions, typically for significant periods of time, and are often placed in unregistered settings far from home.

Read more from our recent report, part of an ongoing body of work: https://t.co/SI5wfKiqD1

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Morning, Twitter!

As I sit on the Central Line mulling how best to please Lord Chancellor @AlexChalkChelt’s demand that lawyers keep quiet about politics, I thought I’d help report this transgressor.

Some practising barrister in 2011 wanging on about human rights in The Times.

[Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 @CathyAshley]

New blog
Too often the care system breaks relationships leaving children in care isolated. @FamilyRightsGp designed Lifelong Links (LL) to turn that around. Now councils can apply to @educationgovuk £s to implement LL (by 25 Aug). Interested? Get in touch
https://t.co/scS16EjlYk

[Nuffield Family Justice Observatory @NuffieldFJO]

"A family justice system that removes the fourth, fifth or sixth child from families without doing anything about the reasons for removal is a failing system"
- Nicholas Crichton, founder of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court

Watch to learn more: https://t.co/BDmZH3URJ9

[Nuffield Family Justice Observatory @NuffieldFJO]

“We saw no evidence that these are temporary fixes; children are living in circumstances that are likely to exacerbate their trauma because there is nowhere else for them to go."
- Lisa Harker, Director, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

Read more: https://t.co/FlqiYymg1p

[Frances Edwards @FrancesEdwards9]

@NuffieldFJO It also highlights the lack of access to legal advice for the families of the children. In only 11.5% of cases were parents or carers legally represented for at least 1 hearing. @FamilyRightsGp's recent briefing sets out the need for legal aid reform: https://t.co/PsG6GSVSCl

[Frances Edwards @FrancesEdwards9]

This important and much needed report by
@NuffieldFJO helps fill a gap in our knowledge and understanding of what is happening to the increasing number of children deprived of their liberty under the court's inherent jurisdiction 1/2

[Nuffield Family Justice Observatory @NuffieldFJO]

NEW REPORT

New analysis of deprivation of liberty orders confirms many children are facing long and severe restrictions in unregistered placements far from home

Read the full report: https://t.co/cfjFXLOIWY

[Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 @CathyAshley]

The number of babies removed within days of their birth has doubled in 10 years. Spending today with @FamilyRightsGp parents & kinship care panels & @ClaireSMason to explore how family group conferences pre-birth can help keep babies safe in their families
https://t.co/aJkTTvG1Rd

[Frances Edwards @FrancesEdwards9]

@FamilyRightsGp What a lovely photo 🙂

[Sanchia Berg @Sanchia7]

The number of children Deprived Of their Liberty has been rising fast…in part because there aren’t sufficient Homes/Placements where they can be kept safe. Many people know very little about it…must be extremely hard for parents if this is in prospect and they have no lawyer to help & represent them