How We Carefully Find the Right Foster Family for Each Child A common question people ask when they are thinking about fostering is:“How do you decide what family a child lives with?”or “How do you know if a foster family is right for the child?” It’s a really important question. Here at The Foster Care […]
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Searching “how to foster” today could help a child find a home tomorrow Imagine a 10-year-old named Sam. Sam has lived in three different homes in the past year. He misses his friends, struggles with school, and doesn’t feel safe. What Sam needs isn’t just a place to stay — he needs someone to care,
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Here’s how you can help If you’ve ever wondered how to foster, what the process involves, or why your help is urgently needed — this is your guide. The UK continues to face a shortage of foster carers while demand for loving family homes continues to grow. This gap means children who should be living
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Celebrating Our Incredible Social Workers! The summer holidays are here — and while the sun might be shining (some of the time!), we know that for foster carers and social workers, this season can bring its own unique set of challenges. Routines are out the window. Children are off school. Parenting looks a little different,
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“If I didn’t have my foster parents in my life, it would have been so easy for me to go down the wrong path,” Brad said. “I would not be where I am today.” Striking a Caring Chord: Brad Kella Urges More People to Foster in a New Film A powerful new video featuring The
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Can You Work and Be a Foster Carer? Absolutely! Here’s What You Need to Know Many people believe that fostering is a full-time role that doesn’t allow room for other work commitments. However, the reality is that many foster carers successfully balance fostering with part-time or even full-time employment. If you’ve ever considered fostering but
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Thinking About Adoption? Here’s Why Fostering Might Be Right for You If you’re thinking about growing your family through adoption, you’re already on an amazing path—one that could change a child’s life forever. But have you ever considered fostering? At The Foster Care Charity, we know that fostering isn’t always the first thing people think
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Why You Should Become a Foster Carer: Changing Lives, One Child at a Time At The Foster Care Charity, we are passionate about giving children, especially those with experience in care, the chance to thrive. We believe fostering plays a pivotal role in providing the foundation for their future s To flourish, children need a
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S’ya, Phil and Ben with FCC’s Sam W. Proudly show off their 496 Challenge medals after completing the last 31km stage of their 31 day endurance run. Embrace the Challenge! The 496 Challenge is our first official fundraising campaign since becoming a charity. Our fundraisers embraced the challenge of each running a cumulative 496 kilometers,
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Foster carer Stephen inspires colleagues and friend in epic running challenge for children in care! Our Manchester-based foster carer, Stephen’s personal commitment to helping vulnerable children in care is inspirational. In fact two of his work colleagues and a friend are doing a gruelling running challenge to raise vital funds for our charity. Stephen, who
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Phil, S’ya, Stephen and Ben – FCC’s 496 Challenge 2024 Ben, Phil and S’ya are all about challenging themselves to the extreme. Ben and Phil have already successfully completed marathons and triathlons, whilst Ben has also completed Ironman UK. This year they are taking on the 496 Challenge, an extreme running challenge designed by Sean Conway.
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This July, we’re excited to launch the Foster Care Charity’s 496 Challenge. It’s a month-long event where each participant commits to running every day, aiming to cover a total of 496 kilometers. We’re raising vital funds for support activities for foster carers and their families. Foster carers are remarkable individuals who dedicate themselves daily to
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Steve Field, our Director of Child Care along with our Yorkshire based foster carers Karen and Mark joined Trisha Goddard’s Saturday afternoon TalkTV/ TalkRadio show to discuss the crisis in fostering in the UK. With one child in need of a foster family, entering the UK care system every 15 minutes, there simply are not
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Hull-based Lee and Stewart are a married couple and dads to five children – aged from 2 to 16. As foster dads they feel they can give back to the community and make a difference to the lives of children and young people. “Fostering, it’s not just a job, we get to be dads 24/7!”
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Foster Carers, Karen & Mark were invited to BBC Radio Leeds morning show. They share all about fostering and the impact it can have on young people’s lives. With 10 year’s of experience fostering many children and young people, Karen and Mark have a lot of insights into what it means to be a foster
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Charlotte, SSW, talks about her role with FCC So what does a Senior Supervising Social Worker doas part of an independent foster care agency? The days vary in terms of duties and responsibilities. In general they include visits with foster carers, completing monthly supervisions and Annual Reviews. I also attend meetings with the Local Authorities,
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Perhaps you’d like to become a Foster Carer, but you think your circumstances prevent you. You may have been told a lot of conflicting things about fostering children. With so many misconceptions around, we thought we’d help dispel those foster care myths and give you the facts about who can foster and what you can
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Family Decisions About Fostering Children Becoming a foster parent isn’t something you decide on a whim—it’s a thoughtful journey. It’s important to gather the whole household together from the get-go, and it can feel even more significant when you consider how fostering might impact your own kids. Ensuring your biological children’s well-being is a top priority,
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What do Foster Carers need to know about paying UK tax? So many Foster Carers have questions about their tax status, what to pay, how to pay and where to pay. It’s certainly an area where people need help and advice. Here is some key information and links to help you regarding tax and foster
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Recently, I delivered two separate Education training sessions for foster carers in England and Wales. This was the first time that the training has been separated after hearing feedback from carers who have attended in the past. Explains Roxanne, Education Specialist for FCC Education Awareness Sessions These sessions worked much better as there are
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Range of Discounts Available for Foster Families Blue Light Card provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store. Blue Light Card also works with small and large companies across the UK to get involved in supporting the Blue Light community through offering our members discounts
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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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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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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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Fostering has been in the news a lot recently. You’ve possibly seen recent stories talking about the ‘cost’ of placing children with independent fostering agencies being wildly more expensive than if the child is placed with in-house local authority carers. It seems that all independent fostering agencies are being tarred with the same brush. Unfortunately
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