PFAN produced evidence to the above inquiry in 2024. We were concerned that the new government strategy would increase the risk-averse culture which has been… Read More »Evidence to Education Committee’s Inquiry into Children’s Social Care
Andy Bilson’s presentation for the PFAN Wales webinar
Promoting parent and child participation is central to achieving children’s rights. This review of the literature and program documentation, prepared by David Tobis, Andy Bilson… Read More »International Review
An important article by Karen Broadhurst and Claire Mason showing the impact on mothers of losing a child to care/adoption. The article will soon be… Read More »Child removal as the gateway to further adversity
How do parent partner programs instil hope and support prevention and reunification? This briefing from Casey Foundation gives a briefing on Parent Partners (also known… Read More »Casey Foundation review
“The government’s adoption drive isn’t achieving its aims“ This Community Care article by Andy Bilson shows how many under 18 year-olds have been adopted or… Read More »Adoption trends
This article by Maggie Mellon says: Research points to parents’ experiences of child protection investigations and associated processes as often being unpleasant and disrespectful Learning… Read More »Child Protection: Listening to and learning from parents
How parents and their allies changed New York City’s child welfare system David Tobis Story of how parents played a transformative role in changing the… Read More »From Pariahs to Partners
Parents Families and Allies Network has been started by a small group of people who are concerned at the growing oppression of children and families… Read More »Why we need a network