The Fairer Fostering Partnership Explained

Full Name:	The Fairer Fostering Partnership
Fairer Fostering
Status:	Consortium of charitable and not-for-profit fostering agencies
Purpose:	To support those who undertake fostering for the sake of children, not for profit.
Leader Title:	Chair
Leader Name:	Andy Elvin, TACT
Leader Title2:	Acting Vice Chair

The Fairer Fostering Partnership (Fairer Fostering) is a UK-wide consortium of voluntary and not for profit fostering agencies, whose members look after over 2,000 children in care. Its ethos is to support those who undertake fostering for the sake of children, rather than profit. Fairer Fostering also has a lobbying function that aims to advocate for children in respect of regulation, as well as representing its membership within central government.

Fairer Fostering Member Agencies

The current member agencies that make up The Fairer Fostering Partnership are:

Chairpersons

Current Chair:
Andy Elvin (2017 - to date)^[10]

Former Chairs:
Walter Young (2015 - to date)^[11] Alan Fisher (2012 - 2015)^[12]

In the press

On 25 June 2015, FtSE issued a joint statement with NAFP, urging the Government to support all children in care to secure a permanent home without delay^[13]
On 9 October 2013, FtSE Chair, Alan Fisher, co-signed an open letter to the House of Lords, along with 39 other charities, to amend the Children and Families Bill, allowing foster children to remain with their families until the age of 21.^[14]
On 14 August 2013, FtSE Chair, Alan Fisher, wrote an article about Worcestershire council's proposal to charge parents when their children are taken into care.^[15]
On 13 March 2013, FtSE was one of 11 signatories of in an open letter to the ministers asking them to reconsider the Government's proposed bedroom tax.^[16]
On 22 May 2012, FtSE founding member and Chief Executive of Community Foster Care, Rebekah Pearson, joined a live discussion on recruiting and retaining foster carers.^[17]
On 18 September 2009, FtSE and then Chair, Alan Fisher, were cited in an article in Community Care entitled Social enterprises draw positive response from social workers.^[18]

Notes and References

Web site: Organisational membership of Fostering through Social Enterprise (FtSE). Barnardo's. July 11, 2017.
Web site: Break is a proud member of Fostering Through Social Enterprise (FtSE). Break. July 11, 2017.
Web site: Fostering through Social Enterprise. The Children's Family Trust. October 22, 2013.
Web site: Affiliations. Community Foster Care. July 11, 2017.
Web site: The Fairer Fostering Partnership. The Foster Care Co-operative. July 11, 2017.
Web site: Our Affiliations. Kasper Fostering. July 11, 2017.
Web site: The Fairer Fostering Partnership. St Christopher’s Fellowship. July 11, 2017.
Web site: Fostering through Social Enterprise. Team Fostering. July 11, 2017.
Web site: Fostering through Social Enterprise. Young People At Heart. July 11, 2017.
Web site: Chair and Vice Chair. www.fairerfostering.org.uk. July 11, 2017.
Web site: FtSE announces the appointment of its new Chair, Walter Young. www.fairerfostering.org.uk. July 11, 2017.
Web site: The real crisis in foster care: poor relationships. Community Care. October 22, 2013.
Web site: Permanent homes for all children in care. Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers. March 1, 2016.
Web site: Children in foster care should be able to stay with their families for longer. Telegraph.co.uk. October 22, 2013.
Web site: Charging families for taking children into care will not work. The Guardian. October 22, 2013.
Web site: 'Bedroom tax’ concessions for foster carers announced. The Who Cares? Trust. October 22, 2013.
Web site: Recruiting and retaining foster carers: live discussion round-up. The Guardian. October 22, 2013.
Web site: Social enterprises draw positive response from social workers. Community Care. February 20, 2012.