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Staying Put: How Aki found a new home and a new life in the UK
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Aki shares his powerful story of fleeing his home country in Africa as a sanctuary-seeking child; adjusting to life with a UK foster family, and his hopes and dreams for the future.
“Every step forward is a triumph”: Meet award-winning foster carers Christina and Roy
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Read the inspiring story of award-winning foster carers Christina and Roy, who transformed the lives of four siblings through long-term foster care. They share their incredible journey.
Stavrina’s journey through the assessment process and single parent fostering
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Stavrina thought about fostering for several years before making the leap. She shares her journey through the assessment process and fostering as a single carer.
Fostering without limits: Brandon & Adam’s Story
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Young couple Brandon and Adam chose to foster in order to start a family. Read their incredible journey and what life looks like now with their two foster sons.
“I remember the first moment he called me mum”: Jodie’s story of long term fostering
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From the age of three to sixteen, Steven’s life has been completely transformed by his foster parent, Jodie. She shares her incredible journey – from growing up in a fostering family to witnessing the life-changing impact of long-term foster care.
“Fostering for us has become a real adventure”: Theresa’s Story
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Foster parent, Theresa, offers a glimpse into the adventurous life she’s built with her long term foster son.
Leaving Care: Erin’s Story
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“I think people have false expectations about what people who grow up in care are like.” 19-year-old Erin shares her experience with a foster family, Staying Put past 18, and her university success.
“Mum, I’m not sure where I’d be if it wasn’t for you!”
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58-year-old Tracey is a foster parent based in Warwickshire. Since 2003, Tracey’s looked after five long-term foster children in that time, who she’s raised alongside her own children. One of her foster children now stays with her in a ‘staying-put placement’ which is where a child continues to live with their foster parent after turning 18.
Mandy’s Transfer Case Study
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“For me it’s seeing them happy, progressing, learning new things, having new experiences, and the opportunities to fulfil their dreams.” Mandy Lees started her fostering journey five years ago with another foster care provider. During these five years, she’s had two long term foster children and ten who stayed for respite. Last year, Mandy transferred from the council to Fosterplus.
“To be a foster carer has been a dream of mine”
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Danielle always wanted to be a foster carer. She shares her first year of fostering this Mother’s Day.
Shona Shares her Experience of Working & Fostering
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Shona, 34, is a primary school teacher, and alongside husband Andrew, she’s been fostering since 2020. Shona loves fostering, and balances working full time alongside raising her two foster children and her birth son.
Steve Shares his Experience of being a Male Foster Carer
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At first, it didn’t matter to me that I was going to be a male foster carer, I was just going to be a foster carer but now I understand just how important it is.
“I wasn’t ready not to be a mum anymore.”
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Alison is a mother and a grandmother. She started her fostering journey in 2017 and has had several young people in her care over the last 6 years.
“It’s good to know everyone’s culture. If it’s important to the child or their family, then we do what we need to do.”
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Super parents, Maryelen and Billy, share their inspiring story which has led them to foster over 50 children and create a charity close to their hearts.
“You get to take these children in and give them better hope for the future”
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Foster dad John shares his love for fostering and family life.
“I kept thinking I’m good at caring for people and I’d love to give a child a loving home”
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As a single woman in her 60s, and with her own children all grown up, Jane now had the time and focus to care for a foster child. She shares her inspiring story.
“To be a foster carer has been a dream of mine”
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Danielle always wanted to be a foster carer. She shares her first year of fostering this Mother’s Day.
“Fostering is the best thing that I have ever done”
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Same-sex foster parents, Craig and Byron reflect upon their first year of fostering.
“I can’t imagine life without our children in it”
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Kenny and Brenda share their experience and advice as both fostering and adoptive parents over the past decade.
“It’s building that relationship between the brothers that we just love to see”
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Lisa and her husband, Andy, share their experience of completing the fostering assessment and welcoming brothers into their home in the middle of a global pandemic.
“Becoming a single foster parent was a life-changing experience”
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Hugh Wright, who has been fostering for nearly 12 years, shares his experience of becoming a single foster parent.
“Fostering is the most rewarding thing you will ever do”
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Foster parents, Lorraine and Robert share their fostering experience over the past decade, including their experience of keeping siblings together in foster care.
“The difference you can make to a child’s life is just truly immeasurable”
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Richard shares his experience as a single foster parent and caring for a vulnerable young person during a pandemic.
“I just couldn’t stop thinking to myself, ‘I want to help; I want to make a difference…’”
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Sarah and her husband, Steven, decided to embark on a new journey in fostering just over three years ago, after a lifetime of wanting to give children a brighter future.
Welcoming our first foster child
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Adi and Kelly started fostering in 2019 and have cared for a number of children in a short space of time. Today, they share their experience of welcoming their first child.
Lessons from a first time foster parent
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Taryn is a foster parent, who shares her experience of fostering and welcoming her first child into her home.
Mike and Rose
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Rose and Mike, foster parents based in Milton Keynes, have provided over 100 periods of vital care.
“There’s nothing like seeing the world through a child’s eyes”
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Theresa, a foster parent based in Gloucester, shares the magic of Christmas.
“Fostering has given us the ability to become parents for the first time”
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Foster parents, Denise and her husband George share how they’ve been able to give children who have had a poor start in life, a better future.
Becoming a single foster mum: my fostering assessment
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Single mum, Nikki, shares her experience of being assessed to become a foster parent.
“We watched from the window and cried as they drove off”
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Suzanne shares her powerful story of fostering a young boy, who completely transformed in her care and preparing to say goodbye as he went on to be adopted by his forever family.
A New Life In The UK – Senay’s Story
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Supervising Social Worker, Sue shares the story of a young boy in our care, who made the brave decision to leave his home country of Eritrea.
“We soon realised that they just wanted to be loved”
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Irene started fostering 6 years ago and shares some of her best memories as a foster carer.
“My one regret? That I didn’t make that call 10 years earlier!”
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Originally a nurse, Elaine decided to retrain to be a foster parent. Since being approved, her only regret was that she didn’t do it 10 years earlier!
A Day In The Life Of A Foster Carer
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Sandra and John have been fostering for two years and are caring for a 16-year-old girl called Katlyn. Today, they share a day in the life of a foster family.
“They’ve been a welcome addition to our family”
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Starting out their fostering career caring for younger children, Heidi and Lee decided to take on caring for teenagers too and have loved the joy it brings.
Alan and Helen’s Fostering Journey
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Alan and Helen have cared for many children during their fostering career, including three unaccompanied teenagers on a long-term basis.
“It doesn’t take much”
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Yasmin, a birth daughter of one of our foster parents explains what it’s like to be part of a family that fosters.