Blogs
Richard Field, 37, is a single male gay foster carer who lives in London. Previous to starting fostering, he worked in education 13 years and uses this knowledge to help him better support the children in his care. He has blogged about his fostering experiences for Foster Care Fortnight 2013.
By Dom-tFN on May 21st, 2013
Clare is a care leaver from the North East of England who has blogged about her experiences for Foster Care Fortnight 2013.
By Dom-tFN on May 20th, 2013
Krish Kandiah is a foster carer and Executive Director of the Evangelical Alliance. He has launched the “Home for Good” campaign to encourage Christians to play their part in finding loving homes for all the children in the UK who need one. Through the 15,000 churches the Alliance is touch with he thinks they can go some way to finding the 9,000 more foster carers that are needed.
By Dom-tFN on May 17th, 2013
Stewart Duncan, a foster carer from Scotland, has blogged about his experiences for the Foster Care Fortnight celebration of fostering in Scotland day.
By Dom-tFN on May 14th, 2013
"Foster Care Fortnight is a time to reflect. For me it’s a time to think about the first went in to care when I was 8 years old.
By Dom-tFN on May 13th, 2013
I was recently asked in an interview why I began fostering and why I continue to do so despite all the frustrations and upsets that fostering can bring. The interviewer was a rather glamorous and highly motivated journalist who clearly had her sights set high.
By Cathy Glass on May 1st, 2013
During the Care Inquiry, we heard from over 100 children and young people about their experiences of being in care, and how the system could be improved.
By Dom-tFN on April 30th, 2013
Welcome to the new format for Attracting and Keeping Carers!
By James Foyle on April 15th, 2013
I am often asked if it is better to foster for the local authority (LA) or an independent fostering agency. Once upon a time there were no independent agencies and all children who came into care were placed ‘in house’, that is, with a foster carer recruited by the local authority. For various reasons the LAs couldn’t match supply with demand - they couldn’t recruit or keep enough foster carers to look after all the children they were bringing into care so independent agencies sprang up to take up the shortfall.
By Cathy Glass on March 26th, 2013
A quick note about why that CAPTCHA test is now required to log in:
On Friday afternoon I noticed that we were getting more failed login attempts than is normal. Rather than it being a simple-yet-unusual coincidence, we deduced that it was an automated script (read: robot) that was trying to gain access.
By Kieran McGuire on March 13th, 2013
