Natalie Williams 🧡

Head of Policy and Campaigns @FosteringNet, formerly @CRAE_Official/@Justforkidslaw #childrights #childrenssocialcare #fostering. Views my own. She/her

[Natalie Williams 🧡 @NatDWilliams]

Come and work in my UK wide Policy and Campaigns team! We are a friendly, high achieving team making a difference to the lives of children in foster care and foster carers! Contact me if you'd like a chat about the role! #policyjob #campaigning #fostercare

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

📢 We’re hiring! Join The Fostering Network as a Policy & Public Affairs Officer (Wales).

Help shape foster care policy ahead of the Senedd elections!

🗓️ Apply by 22 July:

https://t.co/WgDwV6p3pe

[The Independent @Independent]

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[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

🚨 Applications close on Sunday! 🚨

Join our team as a Participation Worker in Scotland

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and organised to lead our Young Person’s Advisory Board.

Find out more and apply today: https://t.co/uhsUAG0Xst

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

We’re thrilled that an animation created in partnership with our incredible Young Person's Advisory Board in Scotland is up for an award! 🏆

Now we’d love it if you could help us get it shortlisted! 🙌

Watch the animation and share your vote here:

https://t.co/erU73yOLSS

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

Yesterday our head of policy and campaigns, Natalie Williams, gave evidence to @scotgov's Children's Committee on The Promise Bill.🗣️

She highlighted our support for a register but the need for provisions in the bill to address foster carer finances and extend continuing care.

[Natalie Williams 🧡 @NatDWilliams]

Say hello if you see me! 🙂

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

Our Head of Policy and Campaigns Natalie Williams is at the @UKLabour Conference!

She’ll be meeting MPs to talk about The Fostering Network’s #CostOfFostering campaign's latest focus - council tax exemptions for foster carers.

Say hello if you see her! 👋

[Janet Daby MP @JanetDaby]

It’s #FosterCareFortnight — a time to recognise the incredible impact foster carers make every day.
There are still children waiting for the right support and stability. Find out how to become a foster carer: https://t.co/A8SMJryNqm
#FosterCare #FCF25

[Janet Daby MP @JanetDaby]

This #FosterCareFortnight, I’ve been privileged to visit fostering hubs in Bedford and Hammersmith. Their foster carers and support teams are fantastic. Their dedication shows 'The Power of Relationships.' Together, we’re creating a network of care that transforms lives #FCF25!

[Janet Daby MP @JanetDaby]

Fostering is one of the most generous and impactful things you can do.
Children in care need compassion, patience, and someone who believes in them.
If this could be you, find out how to become a foster carer: https://t.co/A8SMJrzlfU
#FosterCare #FCF25

[The Fostering Network Campaigns @tfn_campaigns]

This Foster Carer Fortnight we've been writing to elective reps asking them to share their support and highlight our national and regional foster carer recruitment targets. #FCF25

Thank you everyone who has already shown support.

Write to yours now ✍️https://t.co/e8FGjd0p0X

[Natalie Williams 🧡 @NatDWilliams]

Great to be at @FatimaWh1tbread #OneVoice Summit today and contributing to a session on foster care this afternoon sharing the findings from our new State of the Nations Foster Care report and thinking about what we can do to achieve change.

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

We’re live from @FatimaWh1tbread's #OneVoiceSummit - uniting national voices to confront the crisis in children’s social care. 📢

Today is about awareness, action, and demanding the change children and young people deserve.

Stay tuned. 🗣️

[The Fostering Network Campaigns @tfn_campaigns]

Read our blog about the changes we've achieved on fostering to the Children's Wellbeing Bill and what we will be campaigning for during the bill’s next phase in the House of Lords. 👇

[Natalie Williams 🧡 @NatDWilliams]

Just under a week till this closes, get your applications in soon!

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

📢 Do you think you could be our next Policy and Public Affairs Officer?

⏰ You have one week left to apply! Join The Fostering Network and help drive policy change to improve foster care.

📌 For more details visit: https://t.co/BgLTIXRq1p

[Natalie Williams 🧡 @NatDWilliams]

Please share this great opportunity to join my team! It's a really varied role, joining at a very exciting time when fostering and children's social care is high on the Govt's agenda and helping drive really meaningful change. Applications close 9th March! 👇 #policyjob #campaign

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

We're hiring: policy & public affairs officer (England)! 🚨

Join The Fostering Network to drive policy change and improve foster care. If you have experience in policy, campaigns, and influencing government, apply now!

https://t.co/vr7Yfo7mNr

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

@llinos_medi @WhitbyJmwhitby @EllieChowns We’re now delighted to welcome foster carer and comedian @kiripritchardmc to the stage!

She talks about her own fostering experience: “It takes a village. And as Kiri, I didn't have that village, but as Kiri the foster carer, I absolutely do.” 💖

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

@JanetDaby @JoshMacAlister Our CEO @tfn_sarah takes to the stage, reflecting on The Fostering Network’s journey over the past 50 years.

“This evening is an opportunity to mark our journey over the past 50 years and to reflect on the serious challenges facing us in the fostering sector."

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

@JanetDaby Author of the 2022 Care Review, MP @JoshMacAlister kicks off the event, welcoming attendees and thanking everyone who contributed to #SoTN.

He acknowledges the vital role of foster carers: “Good foster care transforms children’s lives and enables them to flourish.”

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

We’re delighted to welcome children’s minister @JanetDaby, who’s pledged to champion foster care! 🙌

[Natalie Williams 🧡 @NatDWilliams]

So excited to be launching our State of the Nations 2024 report in parliament today! We've got a great line up of speakers including the Children's Minister.
#sotn

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

We’ve got 200 people coming together to help mark The Fostering Network’s 50th anniversary and hear about the findings of our 2024 #SoTN survey.

[The Fostering Network @fosteringnet]

Could you be our new Head of Practice?

We're looking for an experienced social worker to lead our practice function here at The Fostering Network!

Closing date: Monday 2nd December, 11.59pm

Find out more ⤵️

https://t.co/yrNA7UihkC