Blogs
Welcome to the first campaigns blog of 2016. 2015 was a busy year for us, which started with the publication of our State of the Nation’s Foster Care report. Four main themes stood out, and we used these to form the basis of our manifesto for foster care.
By Policy and Campaigns tFN on February 1st, 2016
Welcome to the eighth edition of our Head, Heart, Hands newsletter.
By Freya Burley on January 22nd, 2016
This instalment of the blog should really come with a disclaimer. Somewhere here in bold text should be words to this effect:
*The actions of this blogger in no way constitute a statutory requirement for the fostering of asylum seeking children*
Check.
The objective of this blog is to give a detailed account of the fostering application process and I promise that this is what I’ll do, but I’m taking a little detour this week, a voluntary detour, via Calais…
By Lucy Stevens on January 20th, 2016
Good afternoon members and welcome to the first community round-up of 2016, giving you an overview of posts you may find useful from the past month. We hope that you all enjoyed the festive period and are feeling good about the year ahead.
By Aby Wojcik on January 15th, 2016
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are more commonly known as police checks. All foster carers have one but what exactly are they?
By Cathy Glass on January 14th, 2016
The assessment is underway and we’re starting from the beginning, or as the form F calls it, the Early Years. Our assessor has sent us a list of questions as homework in preparation for her next visit this weekend.
By Lucy Stevens on January 5th, 2016
It’s Saturday morning and the house is now (reasonably) tidy. This is unusual for any day of the week but particularly for a Saturday. Today, however, is no ordinary Saturday – today is the day our assessor is coming.
By Lucy Stevens on December 10th, 2015
Good afternoon members and welcome to community round-up 107. Here is a round-up of what you have been talking about over the last fortnight.
By Aby Wojcik on December 4th, 2015
Foster carer Karen Underwood trekked along the Great Wall of China to raise money for The Fostering Network. Karen and her husband Simon have been foster carers for Wiltshire Council for four years. Here Karen reflects on her experience.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on December 2nd, 2015
