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• Black and white children more likely to be in care than Asian children

  05-12-2018 16:48
  Big variation in rates of care between different ethnic groups in England, study findsBlack children are nearly four times more likely to be in care than Asian children, while white children are nearly three times more likely, research has found.A study by the Child Welfare Inequalities Project, which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and involved researchers at seven universities, looked at 8,000 children in care in England, across a representative sample of 18 local authorities. Continue r
  
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• Private firms are making big money out of children's social services | Ray Jones

  05-12-2018 10:23
  Companies have colonised social work, with those at the top taking the profits while families in difficulty continue to sufferChildren’s social services have been bitten hard bygovernment-imposed financial cuts since 2010. Politically-chosen austerity has led to poor children and families moving from deprivation to destitution, and the help they might have received has been stripped away. The consequence is more concerns about the safety and welfare of children, leading to a 159% increase
  
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• Circus magic comes to Wrexham care home

  05-12-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pendine Park and members from the Halle therapy through music workshop with a circus theme; Chris Lewis, the enrichment and activities co-ordinator at Highfield House with resident Lindsey Wright.
  Musicians from a world famous orchestra brought the roar of the crowd and the smell of the grease paint to a care home as part of a “magical” circus workshop.
   
  Two members of Manchester’s acclaimed Hallé orchestra brought the joyous sounds of the Big Top to Pendine P
  
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• West Sussex care home ‘NRICHes’ meals for residents

  05-12-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A West Sussex care home has received a prestigious gold award for its innovative approach to residents’ nutrition.Staff at Elizabeth House, in Bognor Regis, took part in the Nutrition Resources in Care Homes (NRICH) programme, a method of ensuring that care home residents are supported to maintain a healthy diet. Run by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the programme also teaches staff to identify and tackle malnutrition.Ahead of its participation, each of the home’s ind
  
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• Care home residents enjoy magic moments and rekindle fond memories

  05-12-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sylvia Heys, who lives at the Granby Care Home in Harrogate, enjoyed a magic moment shortly after her new great grandson was born and she was able to see pictures of him through a new App that is purpose-designed for older people and loaded on a tablet computer.
  Sylvia, who is nearly 80 years old, is one of a growing number of care home residents who are taking to the latest communication technology in their golden years to keep in touch with family and friends, store music, photos and videos, o
  
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