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At Christmas, most children are at home with their families. For TACT's children this is not possible either at Christmas or for all the year round. We're committed to providing positive activities to enhance the development of our children to ensure that their pasts do not define their futures
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Situation
Over 60 per cent of children in care have suffered significant harm & they have poor outcomes. They are more likely to experience poor academic achievement, unemployment, mental health problems & contact with the criminal justice system. This does not have to be the case & children in TACT’s care achieve better outcomes. This is because TACT provides not only secure & loving foster & adoptive families but significant other opportunities. We seek funds to improve life chances and futures.
Solution
We will draw on TACT’s own research project which showed how important the development of peer relationships and engagement in activities are in improving educational attainment and increasing resilience and wellbeing. ‘Aspirations: The views of foster children and their carers’ (2008 and 2011). We will devise a programme of days out and activities developed in collaboration with the young people in our care, their carers and support workers to increase attainment, resilience and wellbeing