Fostering

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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