General News Archives - Slough Children First

National Adoption Week

This year’s National Adoption Week campaign (18-24 October) aims to celebrate adoption by raising awareness and generating a better understanding of the different experiences shared in the adoption process. This will be done by highlighting and championing all the voices of those whose lives have been impacted by adoption and involved in finding loving and […]

Slough Children First fostering agency rated good by Ofsted inspectors

Slough Children First’s Independent Fostering Agency has been rated good by inspectors from Ofsted following an inspection of the service in July. In a letter published on Ofsted’s website, staff at the agency and foster carers were praised for their success in improving the service, moving it from simply compliance to quality. The inspectors noted […]

Slough children in care celebrating positive GCSE results

Slough Children First has been celebrating the incredible achievement of the children in their care who received their GCSE results on Thursday. After what has been an incredibly challenging year for all children, those who Slough Children First is responsible for have gone beyond all expectations. On the Attainment 8 scale, the measurement of a […]

GCSE results not what you expected?

If your GCSE results weren’t what you expected then find out more about your options and get additional support to access the right opportunities. What do I do next? What are my options? Where do I find information? Come along to The Curve, William Street, Slough SL1 1XY on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 August […]

New Board of Directors at Slough Children First

Slough Children First is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for the newly council-owned company. The clear ambition is to take the organisation forward in close partnership with Slough Borough Council in order to continue the improvement programme started by the previous Trust. The Board met for the first time on 29 July, and […]

New home hampers for Slough care leavers

Staff at Slough Children First have been putting together special hampers to give to care leavers as they prepare to enter their own home for the first time. Each of the hampers contains tea, coffee, cleaning products and various other things that will help them on their way as they begin a new chapter in […]

Comfort Cases bringing dignity to children in care

When Rob Scheer was 12 he moved into his first foster home with all his belongings packed into a bin bag. As an adult he became a foster carer himself and when the children he fostered arrived at his home they also had their lives packed up inside a bin bag. No child deserves the […]

Tony Hunter to become new chair of Slough Children First

Slough Children First and Slough Borough Council are delighted to announce the appointment of Tony Hunter, OBE as the new chair of Slough Children First. Tony takes over from Robert Tapsfield who stepped down last month when Slough Children First became a company wholly-owned by the local authority with the sole purpose of providing children’s […]

Poem to a parent or carer

How often do children say they’re fine, okay, alright, when asked how they are? When they tell us that all is well, when they put on a smile, do they really mean it? ‘Poem to a parent’ is such a powerful reminder that we need to take the time to actually listen to what our […]

Slough joins Coram’s Regional Adoption Agency

Slough Borough Council has today joined other local authorities across London to become part of Coram Ambitious for Adoption, one of the country’s largest Regional Adoption Agencies. Launched in June 2019, Coram Ambitious for Adoption is a partnership between the UK’s oldest children’s charity Coram and several local authorities, bringing together expertise to match more […]