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Nagalro Response to the Public Law Working Group Adoption Consultation

Recommendations for best practice in respect of adoption: interim report To read the Nagalro Response to the Public Law Working Group Adoption Consultation please click here Read more

Nagalro Press Release: HOW THE GAPS IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE BEING FILLED BY THE COURTS AND DRUG DEALERS

Analysis of NHS data by mental health charity Young Minds has shown that, in May 2023, there were record numbers of children referred to mental health crisis teams.  According to Nagalro, because there are nowhere near enough mental health... Read more

Nagalro response to mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse: call for evidence

  To read the Nagalro response to the above please click here Read more

Nagalro Officers meet Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division

On the 7 July 2023 Nagalro Chair, Yvonne Wilson, Vice Chair, Fiona Wallace, and Treasurer, Kathy Butcher, met with Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division.  Julia Hughes, Nagalro’s Company Secretary, joined the meeting virtually... Read more

Illegal Migration Bill. Joint Briefing from Article 39 and endorsed by Nagalro

Nagalro fully supports Article 39's briefing asking Peers to protect our universal child welfare system, by removing Clauses 15 and 16 from the Bill. Click here to read the briefing in... Read more

Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Family Courts

In the light of the decision in Re C (Parental Alienation) [2023] EWHC 345 Fam, the Family Justice Council and the British Psychological Society have jointly issued guidance on the instruction of psychologists as expert witnesses in the family... Read more

Nagalro endorses Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and Its Impact on Children

Nagalro endorses this Joint Parliamentary Briefing:  The Illegal Migration Bill and Its Impact on Children.  25 May 2023 BASW, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the British Medical Association, the Refugee Council and Medical... Read more

Nagalro joins calls to end smacking Children in England

Nagalro wishes to support the calls, made by NSPCC and Barnardo’s last March, to end corporal punishment for children in England.  The devolved governments in Scotland and Wales have already changed their laws so that all children receive the same... Read more

Report from Nuffield Family Justice Observatory re 'Ethnicity of children in care and supervision proceedings in England'

To read the Nuffield FJO report titled 'Ethnicity of Children in Care and Supervision Proceedings in England' please click here     Read more

Address by Sir James Munby, Chair Nuffield Family Justice Observatory and former President of the Family Division, at the Nagalro conference on 13 March 2023

THE NAGALRO SPRING ONLINE CONFERENCE ‘Understanding the Real Cost of Deepening Poverty for Children – can we remain hopeful and helpful? Monday 13 March 2023 An introductory paper by Sir James Munby   The aim of this important... Read more

Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy and Consultation

Government response to Josh MacAlister Review of Children's Social Care

'Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy and Consultation' The Government has, today, published its response to:   Josh MacAlister's Independent Review of Children's Social Care   The Competition and Markets Authority report on... Read more

Nagalro response to DfE Consultation 'Regulating Supported Accommodation For Looked After Children And Care Leavers Aged 16 And 17'

Please click here to download the Nagalro response to DfE Consultation 'Regulating Supported Accommodation For Looked After Children And Care Leavers Aged 16 And 17' Read more

Nagalro Press Release: "WHOLE SYSTEM CHANGE AT ALL LEVELS" required for black children seeking adoption, House of Lords finds

 “WHOLE SYSTEM CHANGE AT ALL LEVELS” REQUIRED FOR BLACK CHILDREN SEEKING ADOPTION HOUSE OF LORDS FINDS The report of the House of Lords’ Children and Families Act 2014 Committee published its report on 6 December 2022.  The report’s title is ‘A... Read more

Covert Recordings in Family Law Proceedings concerning Children Family Justice Council Guidance

COVERT RECORDINGS IN FAMILY LAW PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING CHILDREN: FAMILY JUSTICE COUNCIL GUIDANCE Click here to download the FJC Guidance Read more

Regulating supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 – Government consultation

On 5 December 2022, the Department for Education launched a consultation into its proposed quality standards for supported accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds.  The consultation also has draft standards for such accommodation. The consultation is... Read more

New pilot scheme for reporting cases in family courts

On 29 November The President announced a pilot scheme for reporting cases in family courts. The scheme will operate in Cardiff, Leeds and Carlisle from January 2023 to January 2024. The Guidance setting out how it will work can be downloaded here. Read more

Hansard report on parliamentary debate of Independent Review of Children's Social Care

To read the Hansard report of the 24 November 2022 parliamentary debate on Independent Review of Children's Social Care please click here Read more

BESTIE - A toolkit for working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people. 2022.

BESTIE - A toolkit for working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people.  2022. Click here to download this resource. Read more

A View from The President's Chambers November 2022

Relaunching the PLO.  To read the report in full please click here   Read more

Ann Haigh 1943 - 2022

Ann Haigh, former Nagalro Chair, Children's Rights advocate, died peacefully at home on 16 Oct 22

Ann Haigh (1943 – 2022)   Nagalro is very sad to announce the death of one of the foremost advocates of children’s rights, former Nagalro Chair, Ann Haigh, on 16 October 2022. Ann served as the Chair of Nagalro from 2007 until 2017 and,... Read more