With the support and encouragement of corporate parents, looked-after children are able to take advantage of opportunities available to them and develop their lives to their full ability. For those people working directly with the children, the corporate parenting task will be on a practical day-to-day basis, from providing them with a safe, stable and happy home with nurturing carers to ensuring they lead a fit and healthy lifestyle.
However, these services do not run without the staff to support them or without the policy-makers and planners who develop services. We all have to work together to ensure our responsibilities for looked-after children are fulfilled.