Blogs
Phil and Barbara are one set of hub carers for the innovative Mockingbird Family Model programme. Here they tell the story of their involvement in the project so far.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 19th, 2016
The Fostering Network has a number of programmes focused on raising the educational aspirations and outcomes of fostered children and young people. Lisa Belletty is programme manager for one of those programmes, London Fostering Achievement, and discusses the issue of access to university for children in care.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 18th, 2016
Four team managers from Essex County Council are embarking on a trip into the unknown to raise money for The Fostering Network. Elise Lazell, Corrie Castleman, Elizabeth Markham and Tina Maryon will be discovering their inner Stig as they join in a banger rally, driving from England to Spain.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 17th, 2016
This remarkable essay was written by Adam, a 19-year-old university student in Scotland.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 17th, 2016
Sara Lurie, director of The Fostering Network in Scotland, writes:
Scotland has many things to be proud of but the fostering community must certainly be very high up on that list!
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 17th, 2016
Dr Patricia Mucavele is Head of Nutrition at the Children’s Food Trust - a charity which supports anyone who provides food for children by sharing skills and knowledge from nutrition professionals to give them the confidence to cook tasty, healthy meals from scratch.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 16th, 2016
As The Fostering Network in Scotland launch Health Matters, a new programme exploring health issues affecting foster carers, their families and the children they care for, Sara Lurie, director of The Fostering Network in Scotland writes:
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 16th, 2016
Melissa Green (@tfn_melissa), our director of operations, shares her reflections on an important year for The Fostering Network in England
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 16th, 2016
For anyone who is thinking about being a foster carer the question of whether they would be willing to look after a child with significant special needs is a question they will have to grapple with. For some it will be an easy answer – they may have experience with their birth children or in the workplace of working with children with special needs; but for others it will take more thinking through. What is clear is that with the number of children who need a foster family growing – around 70 per cent of whom have special needs - and with the increasing need for more foster families (The Fostering Network has released figures reporting that 9,070 new foster families are needed in 2016), the question of whether or not a prospective foster carer feels they have the skills and qualities needed to look after a child with special needs is becoming ever more important.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 13th, 2016
Foster carers do a fantastic job transforming the lives of many children and young people that they care for – but foster care also transforms the lives of many foster carers and their families.
By Foster Care Fortnight on May 13th, 2016
