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Fact: There are around 55,000 foster families in the UK

Family Works Fostering estimates that over 65,000 children live with almost 55,000 foster families across the UK each day. A further 8,600 foster carers are needed to provide the supportive, stable and caring home for vulnerable children. To become a foster carer with the us you need to have: • The time and energy to …

How to raise your foster child’s aspirations

It is not uncommon for vulnerable young people to arrive in care with low self-esteem and a lack of self-confidence; difficult previous circumstances means not every situation your foster child has been part of will have been an ideal environment for a child to be raised and nurtured. Carers of vulnerable young people have a …

What Foster Parents Wish Others Knew

If you are a foster parent or have been one previously, you’ll understand that with the duty of caring for a child comes a lot of questioning from family, companions and work associates. An absence of common knowledge of how fostering works and a natural interest of how it comes to impact regular family life …

You can foster if you don’t have children of your own

When assessing potential foster carers, we look at all parts of their life including any childcare experience. This can come from a variety of sources including having your own children, working with children, working with vulnerable people or even being involved with family or friends children. Having your own children will give you some insight …

Ways to get your 5 a day

Most kids need encouragement to eat the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. The food a child eats in their early years can influence their dietary habits later in life, so it’s important to install good habits and a healthy relationship with food from an early age. Children are attracted to bright colours, …

Signs your child is being bullied

Bullying is usually defined as repeated behaviour which is intended to hurt someone, either emotionally or physically. It can often be aimed at people because of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Foster children can often be susceptible to bullying this is due to a number of factors -they don’t live at home, they …

Helping Your Foster Child Settle In

Welcoming a foster child into your home can be an exciting. The experience of going from an empty house to a full one overnight is thrilling but at the same frightening. You may be worried about making the child feel comfortable in their new home. Will I be able to provide the support a child …

Approaches to Help Your Foster Child Settle In

Encouraging young children to develop good reading habits

The big challenge is not simply getting children to read, it’s getting them to enjoy it too. It is proven that motivation to read decreases with age, especially if children’s attitudes towards reading becomes less positive. If children do not enjoy reading when they are young, they are unlikely to do so when they get …

Types of Fostering and how you can help

Are you interested in fostering but are unsure of how it will work for you? Well, we may be able to provide you with an answer. Not all fostering placements require full-time care for long periods; in fact there are different types of fostering placements. Each fostering placement is as equally as important as the …