Achieving for Children

We are looking for our next SLIP partner! 🌟 If you are a local authority children's services rated as RI or below, we would love to help you on your journey to good or outstanding! Support is completed funded by the DfE so is free for LA's. 🌈 https://lnkd.in/etTejKCh #peersupport #departmentforeducation #freesupport #childrensservices

Today marks the launch of 'Everything' - a powerful new fostering film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority fostering. 🎥 ‘Everything’ follows foster carer Mike and his family on a journey through time with two of the children they have looked after, who are now adults. A surprise 60th birthday party for Mike gives Will and Zara a chance to reflect on how being fostered made a difference to their lives, thanking him for everything. The concluding message of the film is that what you do with your life could forever change someone else’s – encouraging people to foster in order to make that change. 💗 Watch the full film here: https://bit.ly/3Yt8t32 Fostering directly with your council via Achieving for Children means that you can support your local community by working with a fostering service that is dedicated to supporting local children and young people who need a nurturing, safe fostering home. 🏡 Foster for your local authority. Find out how: https://bit.ly/41NNy9G ℹ #FosteringIsEverything CAN Digital, The Fostering Network, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

In April 2024, we celebrated our 10th birthday. Instead of holding a corporate event, we chose to mark the milestone with a year of volunteering. This initiative includes a series of social and fundraising events, offering our employees the chance to try something new, support charities, and give back to local communities. As part of our year of volunteering initiatives, colleagues came together in a heartfelt way - knitting blankets, hats, and cardigans for premature babies at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's neonatal unit. Led by Alice Lovell, the project brought together 25 colleagues, ranging from complete beginners to experienced knitters, who crafted over 80 handmade items. The pieces were donated to Kingston's neonatal unit on Saturday 5 October. There was even a personal anecdote to the donation. A colleague who gave birth at Kingston’s neonatal unit 13 years ago returned to the hospital, with her son, to deliver the knitted items. As an organisation, we are incredibly proud of everyone who participated in this initiative and invite you to read the full article on our website: https://lnkd.in/etu5ApyE

Are you interested in being able to improve your workforce and change the lives of care leavers for the better? 💡 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, alongside Achieving for Children, are staging a free training and networking event this winter: The Better Futures Business Event 2024, which will be held at Ascot Racecourse on Thursday 28 November. When a young person enters the care system, it is often as a result of abuse and neglect. They therefore require us to provide them with the nurture, support and opportunities that we offer our own children. 💗 With the help of the Care Leaver Covenant, John Lewis & Partners, and our Educational Psychologists, we will highlight not only how you can help, but how we will provide you with ongoing advice. During this event, you will have the opportunity to speak with young people and your expertise would be invaluable. You may even leave having filled a vacancy. For further information on the day and how you can book your place, please follow this link ➡ https://bit.ly/3XMY02h

Today is Youth Mental Health Day (YMHD) 2024 and we would like to share with you a piece written by one of our Senior Youth Work Practitioner's, Ben Skelton. ✍ Ben's piece directly aligns with the theme for this year which is #ControlYourScroll. You can read what Ben has to say about youth work and mental health here ➡ https://bit.ly/3B6jzSp Thank you to Ben for sharing this piece with us! 😊 As part of #YMHD, we also want to equip young people with digital hacks and mental health strategies for a positive and safe online experience. stem4, the charity running YMHD, has developed a brief guide which provides tips for a positive and healthy life on- and offline. You can read and download Stem4’s guide here: https://bit.ly/4da4mgK You can also find out more about Youth Mental Health Day on the Stem 4 website here: https://lnkd.in/dEFaXHz 💻 #stem4YMHD

Join us this Saturday at York House for our digital skills workshop 👇

Click below to find out more about our new HR Recruiters onboarding experience. If you are interested in joining AfC please take a look at our vacancies: https://shorturl.at/mo4DV #onboarding #candidateexperience #recruitment #achievingforchildren

Are you a Digital Business Analyst looking for a new role? Have a look at our vacancy below https://lnkd.in/eDCXDady #businessanalyst #achievingforchildren

Please meet Javade Khan Our Head of Communications and Marketing!

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