The Adolescent and Children’s Trust (known as “TACT”) is the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity. We have recently launched our services to meet the needs of local children here in Dorset. We are already working closely with several foster families across the county. We are aiming to connect...
• Over a third (36%) of parents in the South West have no parental controls in place to try and keep their children safe online• Of those proactive parents using controls, two thirds (66%) will block their children from inappropriate content, and almost half (49%) will monitor their child’s...
If you and your partner are of the same nationality and you’re living in a country with a different majority language to yours, most probably you are using a strategy called Minority Language at Home (ML@H) to communicate with your child. This means that at all times you speak to your...
In the light of recent events on the exclusion of an autistic child from participating in a school trip and a Downs Syndrome child being kicked out of dance class because she couldn't keep up, I feel the need to write this. There are boys and girls that nobody...
Recently Tom and I met new friends, Karen and Andrew. She is German, he is English, and their son was born here in the UK. The little one speaks English only because Karen has been living in the UK since she was six and feels more comfortable speaking English...
Social Enterprise Celebrates 18 months’ growth and achievement. A local Social Enterprise that provides free family Eco-Arts is celebrating its 18 month anniversary by launching its all-new ‘Foraged Fairy House,’ workshops. Outside In was founded in November 2014 by Molly Heinrich who has since provided workshops to hundreds of...
Mums to be from across Dorset are set to benefit from a new telephone service that is being launched in April. From Monday 11 April the Dorset Maternity Labour Line will be operated by midwives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week offering advice and support to women who...
The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a national charity that is working to improve the lives of children and young people. NCB is interested in finding out how hospital paediatric services work with children, young people, parents and carers in England. As part of this research, we are conducting...
Signs to watch for if you think your child may be being bullied You may be unsure if your child is involved in a bullying incident. He or she could be acting as a bully, being bullied or upset because they have seen others behaving badly. If you suspect...
Are you looking after Somebody Else’s Child? That’s the question that’s being posed to residents as part of a week-long campaign (starting Mon 6 July) to raise awareness of private fostering and its legal responsibilities. The ‘Somebody Else’s Child’ campaign organised by Bournemouth Council and the Borough of Poole...
