Blogs

Parents and carers sometimes email me asking for advice or wanting to share something about their children. Some of these are posted on the Happy Kids Forum of my website. I’d like to share a few with you now:
By Cathy Glass on November 2nd, 2016
Aimeé is a countywide children’s project worker for the Fostering Recruitment Assessment Team and Therapeutic Fostering Team for Essex County Council. She has worked for the local authority for 11 years and as part of Sons and Daughters Month she shares her perspective of fostering.
By DavidEggboro on October 28th, 2016
By media on October 25th, 2016

Denica is a foster carer with Essex County Council, as well as being head of partner and supplier management for Lloyds Banking Group. Here she shares her experience of welcoming the first children into her home as a foster carer.

By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 24th, 2016

Throughout Sons and Daughters Month this October we will be hearing from sons and daughters of foster carers as they share their experiences of growing up in a fostering household. In this blog Rebekah writes about how her time as part of a fostering family has shaped her plans for the future.

By media on October 21st, 2016

Connie is one of the young champions from our Fostering Community Champions project in Scotland. Here, as part of Sons and Daughters Month, she writes about her experience of being part of a fostering family.

By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 13th, 2016

Earlier this year, I met with the clerk of the Education Committee in England to talk about the current state of foster care and to introduce the idea of an inquiry looking at the issues surrounding the foster care workforce.

By Policy and Campaigns tFN on October 12th, 2016

Throughout Sons and Daughters Month this October we will be hearing from sons and daughters of foster carers as they share their experiences of growing up in a fostering household. In this blog Samantha tells us how she decided to go that extra mile for her fostered siblings and how being part of a fostering family has influenced her outlook on life.

By DavidEggboro on October 12th, 2016

Lucy Stevens is a regular blogger and staff member at Eastern Fostering Services. Lucy has written about her journey from embarking on become a foster carer, through her approval, to her current situation caring for an unaccompanied asylum seeking teenager.

By Lucy Stevens on October 7th, 2016
By DavidEggboro on October 6th, 2016