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4 days ago · Anne Veitch. A Co Down foster carer has been honoured for almost two decades as a foster carer - and she has no intention of retiring from offering a home to children who need her care. Anne ...
1 day ago · Tuesday, October 15, 2024. We're celebrating children of foster carers, this month. Here's Millie and Kaitlin’s journey. Every foster carer’s story is unique, but it’s not just the carers themselves who play a pivotal role in a foster child’s life. Their own birth children are often deeply involved in the fostering experience.
3 days ago · There is a shortage of foster carers across the country – latest Government statistics show there are 98,000 children in care on any one day and there are only 55,000 foster carers.
1 day ago · If you have children already in the home, be sure to make them part of the welcoming process. A lovely idea we’ve had from our foster carers is that their children always pick out a new teddy for the young person, it helps them feel involved and the new child has something that’s theirs for when they arrive. Ready to start your fostering ...
1 day ago · 10:56, 15 OCT 2024. To foster a child, you need to be 21 or older and have a spare room. (Image: Guillaume de Germain on Unsplash) Somerset Council have issued an "urgent call" for people to ...
2 days ago · Children in foster care are also able to receive 30 hours free childcare, if the following criteria are met: That accessing the extended hours is consistent with the child’s care plan, placing the child at the centre of the process and decision making, and. That, in single parent foster families, the foster parent engages in paid work outside ...
22 hours ago · Fostering can mean everything to those involved. That is the message of Cumbria Fostering’s emotive new short film, created in collaboration with over 100 councils. ‘Everything’ will be launched on Thursday (17 October). It is the seventh film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority ...
