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English children’s homes are in crisis. Does Denmark hold the answers?
UK NewsPolitics•November 1, 2026 at 8:00 AMNational

English children’s homes are in crisis. Does Denmark hold the answers?

By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

UK children’s minister Josh MacAlister has travelled to Copenhagen to see what can be learned from Danish systemIn a quiet suburb on the outskirts of Copenhagen sits a large white house, set back from the road behind a purple-leaved plum tree. It looks much like the rest of the buildings on the street and there is little outward sign this is Josephine Schneider’s House, considered one of the best children’s homes in the world.Danish children’s homes are often cited as the gold standard of children’s residential care globally. They are now being studied by the British government as it tries to create a roadmap out of the crisis in which its own children’s home system has become mired. Continue reading...

UK children’s minister Josh MacAlister has travelled to Copenhagen to see what can be learned from Danish system

In a quiet suburb on the outskirts of Copenhagen sits a large white house, set back from the road behind a purple-leaved plum tree. It looks much like the rest of the buildings on the street and there is little outward sign this is Josephine Schneider’s House, considered one of the best children’s homes in the world.

Danish children’s homes are often cited as the gold standard of children’s residential care globally. They are now being studied by the British government as it tries to create a roadmap out of the crisis in which its own children’s home system has become mired.

Continue reading...

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