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Information for those who work with children on a plan to help prevent child abuse arising from religion or superstition.
Research paper reporting the findings from a review of previous research.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
To be adopted, a child must: be under the age of 18 when the adoption…
To adopt a child you can go through either: an adoption agency that’s part…
Once the agency gets your application it will do the following: Invite you…
To make an adoption legal, you need to apply for an adoption court order.…
You need to tell your local council if you want to adopt your spouse’s or…
You can adopt a child from overseas if: they cannot be cared for in a safe…
For another couple (or person) to adopt your child, you normally have to…
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Historic legislation to end the two-child limit and lift hundreds and thousands of children out of poverty has moved a step closer to reality today.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children’s social services.
How to apply to the Children’s Funeral Fund for help paying for a funeral for a child under 18
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