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Guidance, updates and stories from BFCA Academy for foster carers, kinship carers and the professionals who support children in care.

News and insight

Guidance, updates and stories for foster carers, kinship carers and the professionals who support children in care

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Why Black history matters in foster care, and why the law expects it

Practice and the law

Why Black history matters in foster care, and why the law expects it

Every October, Black History Month invites us to look again at the stories we tell about the past. For foster carers, kinship carers, adopters and res...

BFCA Tutor

Sat, 26 Sep 2026
Belonging in fostering: what the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 means for carers

Practice and the law

Belonging in fostering: what the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 means for carers

Children in care tell us again and again that what matters most is feeling that they belong: to a family, a community and a story. The Children's Well...

BFCA Tutor

Sat, 26 Sep 2026
Adultification bias: what Child Q taught us, and why every professional needs to know

Practice and the law

Adultification bias: what Child Q taught us, and why every professional needs to know

In 2020, a 15-year-old Black girl, known as Child Q, was strip searched by police at her school after staff suspected she smelled of cannabis. No drug...

BFCA Tutor

Sat, 26 Sep 2026
Training that counts: foster carer learning, the TSD standards and ongoing development

Practice and the law

Training that counts: foster carer learning, the TSD standards and ongoing development

Training is not an optional extra for foster carers. It is written into the standards every fostering service in England is inspected against.What the...

BFCA Tutor

Sat, 26 Sep 2026
County lines and child criminal exploitation: what every carer needs to know

Course spotlight

County lines and child criminal exploitation: what every carer needs to know

When a child in your care starts coming home late with a new phone, unexplained cash or a group of older "friends" you have never met, it is easy to p...

BFCA Tutor

Thu, 01 Oct 2026
Leaving care, not leaving family: Staying Put, Staying Close and the road to adulthood

Course spotlight

Leaving care, not leaving family: Staying Put, Staying Close and the road to adulthood

Most young people in England do not leave home at 18. They move out gradually, come back when things go wrong, and lean on family for advice, a meal o...

BFCA Tutor

Thu, 22 Oct 2026
Transracial matching: why ethnicity on a form is not the whole child

Practice and the law

Transracial matching: why ethnicity on a form is not the whole child

Every placement decision starts with a referral form, and most referral forms have a box for ethnicity. It is a useful starting point, but it is only ...

BFCA Tutor

Thu, 29 Oct 2026

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Facing an allegation: your rights as a foster carer, and what is changing

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Facing an allegation: your rights as a foster carer, and what is changing

Few moments in fostering are as frightening as being told that an allegation has been made against you, or against someone in your household. Allegati...

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Facing an allegation: your rights as a foster carer, and what is changing

Thu, 05 Nov 2026

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Transracial matching: why ethnicity on a form is not the whole child

Thu, 29 Oct 2026

Transracial matching: why ethnicity on a form is not the whole child