The war in Ukraine – Talking about the issues & impact The situation we are seeing in Ukraine is worrying for everyone. It is inevitable that our children and young people will have questions about what is going on, and how this may impact them or their families. Talking to young people about the war […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Neil Morrissey at Global Radio’s Leicester Square studios with FCC’s Dan Rosewarne 2018 Neil Morrissey: The Voice of FCC National Radio Ads We are pleased to announce that the wonderful Neil Morrissey is the ‘voice of The Foster Care Co-operative (FCC)’. He is voicing our national radio commercials for 2018-2019 and possibly beyond that. Neil
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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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