June 2018 – The Foster Care Co-operative (FCC) has won a prestigious national co-operative award. FCC were shortlisted for the Inspiring Co-operative of the Year Award, one of five awards presented by Co-operatives UK – an organisation that promotes, develops and unites member-owned businesses throughout the UK. And we won! The award was presented at […]
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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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Lee GreatBatch (Paralympian), Gail Granger (FCC) and Dr Peter Unwin (Principal Lecturer in Social Work) at the University of Worcester, celebrating the new research Groundbreaking Research: Overcoming Barriers for Disabled Foster Carers The Foster Care Co-operative (FCC) is working with Shaping Our Lives and the University of Worcester on groundbreaking research supporting the disabled community.
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