Care Leaver Charlotte
Charlotte was placed with FCC foster carers Laura & Glenn. She talks about her experience and how they helped change her life and aspirations.
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Support and Discounts for Foster Carers
Membership Support for Foster Families We all know that raising children can be a costly business, and foster children are no different! Fortunately, there are a number of organisations who offer special discounts for foster carers to use at various locations around the UK. As part of the package following approval as a foster carer
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The Return To Education Post Covid-19
Back to School After Covid! Never as foster carers, did you probably imagine that ‘school teacher’ would be added to your long list of ‘job roles’ that often come as part of being a carer. Despite the challenges faced, there have been some incredible success stories from some of our young people who have risen
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Nathan
Nathan, a foster carer with FCC teaches British Sign Language and is profoundly Deaf. He explains why
he decided to help deaf children through fostering.
Fostering a child and their parent
PACT Parent And Child Together Fostering Did you know that as foster carer, you can foster both a parent and their children? It’s called PACT (Parent And Child Together), and there is a great need for PACT trained foster carers. Jane, one of FCC’s Supervising Social Workers and PACT trainer, explains why. As a Supervising
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Supporting The Spark Foundation
SPARK FOUNDATION – Helping Care-Experienced Young People We’re thrilled to be able to allocate our 2020 charitable fund to The Spark Foundation, a charity that offers grants to children in care and care leavers. We wanted to choose a charity that not only aligned with our values, ethics and approaches, but would also enable us
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Ministers thank foster carers in open letter
Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families “A letter to foster carers” – 12 May 2020 UK Ministers Thank Foster Carers During Covid Pandemic In an open letter to foster carers nationwide published 12th May 2020, Ministers say thank you. Written by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and
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Dave & Mary
Dave & Mary, foster carers with FCC have fostered many children on a long term basis. They talk about why FCC and what motivates them to foster children.
Tracy & Keith
Tracy & Keith, foster carers with FCC provide long term, short term and respire care. They share what led them to start fostering children and why its one of their lifetime achievements.
XANAX – what you need to know
Why do I need to know about Xanax? According to the most recent national drug survey, there has been a significant increase in the use of Xanax by young people. Alprazolam (Xanax) is controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, therefore possession without a prescription or supplying the drug to others is a criminal
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