07 April 2020
BRIGHTER Futures for Children (BFfC) has announced the appointment of its new Board Chair. The company provides Reading’s education, early help and children’s services. Di Smith, who has worked in the children and education sector for more than 40 years, has taken on the role from 1 April following her appointment by the Department for Education. She takes over from Deborah Jenkins MBE who helped in the creation of BFfC and played a significant role in …
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01 April 2020
Brighter Futures for Children, which delivers children’s services in Reading, is putting out a call to former foster carers in the borough to re-register amid concerns the coronavirus epidemic could lead to a shortage of adult carers to look after vulnerable children. Existing foster carers with Brighter Futures for Children’s Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) are …
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18 March 2020
Brighter Futures for Children’s Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) has been judged ‘Requires Improvement to be Good’ by Ofsted, following its first inspection as an IFA since the company took over the fostering service in March 2019. The judgement, which was the same in all three judgement areas, is an improvement on its previous judgement of …
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16 March 2020
Making sure all children across the borough are safe is a key priority for Brighter Futures for Children (BFfC), which is working with partner organisations on a campaign to raise awareness of child exploitation. The campaign coincides with the National Child Exploitation Awareness Day on Wednesday (18 March), which aims to highlight the issues surrounding exploitation …
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02 March 2020
A record number of students have had an offer of their first preference for secondary school place in Reading this year. First preference offers stand at 73% this year, compared to 64% in 2019 and 66% in 2018. This means that more than 90% of students got their first (73%), second (12%) or third (6%) …
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18 February 2020
Brighter Futures for Children and Ethical Reading joint press release, February 18 2020 When a 14-year-old boy moved to his permanent foster home last year, he came up with an idea to help himself – and others like him – keep their roots in Reading. As an active member of Brighter Futures for Children’s Children …
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14 February 2020
Cressingham, one of two children’s homes run in Reading by Brighter Futures for Children, has been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted after a recent unannounced inspection visit. The inspector awarded ‘Outstanding’ ratings to all three key areas – the overall experiences and progress of children, how well children and young people were helped and protected …
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27 January 2020
by Kalvin Gavrilov Reading Youth Council press officer When and where: Friday, 31 January, 9am-3pm at Meadow Suite, Reading University The time has come to announce the 2020 Reading Youth Council Conference, entirely planned and delivered by the young people on the Council for their peers. The conference this year is entitled Inform, Impact and …
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27 January 2020
Brighter Futures for Children is delighted to be part of an innovative trailblazer project in Reading offering additional mental health services to children and young people. The official launch of the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) takes place on Thursday, 30 January, 1.30-3pm at Blessed Hugh Faringdon School, Fawley Road, Reading RG30 3EP. The aim …
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01 November 2019
Brighter Futures for Children is paving the way for every school in Reading to have UN-accredited climate change teacher. On 4 November, the education arm of the Reading-based children’s services is hosting a climate change conference for headteachers and their nominated individual teacher from each school, to learn more about becoming UN-accredited in teaching and …
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