Throughout the year, the BCN Secretariat disseminates the latest research, tools, news, videos, opportunities and events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe through its monthly newsletter. The newsletter membership has expanded from just over 300 participants in 2003 to over 5,200 across 67 countries in 2024.
Special Issues of the newsletter are also published, often in partnership with key actors in the sector, focusing on a particular theme, country or region to draw attention to the growing body of knowledge developing on the issue or context and to help busy practitioners keep abreast of learning and changes. If you want to share a resource or propose a theme for a special issue, please contact us at contact@bettercarenetwork.org
To mark the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 10th anniversary of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, this special issue of the BCN newsletter features brief reflections from several key actors on different topics and aspects of children's care, focusing on the last 10 years of progress in the care reform movement, as well as hopes and recommendations for the future.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on Family Strengthening and Preservation, including several new resources from the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Project and resources from the Keeping Children in Healthy and Protective Families (KCHPF) Project.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on Cambodia. It launches the Cambodian Practitioner Learning Video Series, a series of videos featuring learning from practitioners working across a range of care-related programs and practices.
This issue of the BCN newsletter highlights the latest research, news, videos, events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on child and youth participation and perspectives, highlighting research and other resources that include the voices and experiences of children and youth in care or who have been in care, as well as those resources that examine the participation of children and youth in the alternative care system or offer guidance on how to engage children and youth and facilitate their participation in decision-making.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on the criminalization of children and young people with experience of alternative care, highlighting research and other resources that point to the higher likelihood of involvement in the criminal justice system among care-experienced young people in several countries.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on children with disabilities, highlighting presentations from the UN Human Rights Council Side Event on Promoting Quality Alternative Care for Children with Disabilities, reports from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on "empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights," among other resources related to children with disabilities and care.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter, produced in collaboration with Dr Meredith Kiraly, is focused on kinship care.
To coincide with Universal Children’s Day today, 20th November, Better Care Network is launching a pilot campaign in the USA, UK and Australia to reduce orphanage volunteering.
