This blog, by our chief executive Kevin Williams, first appeared on Huffington Post. It has stimulated a lot of interesting discussion on our Facebook page.

"We are only limited by the extent of our imagination, and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” So begins my book Happy Adults.

Dr Karen Treisman is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the NHS and children’s services for several years. She has extensive experience in the areas of trauma, parenting, and attachment, and works clinically using a range of therapeutic approaches with families, systems, and children in or on the edge of care, unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people, and adopted children.

Karen is a regular contributor to The Fostering Network’s conference. Karen has a new book out - A Therapeutic Treasure Box for Working with Children and Adolescents with Developmental Trauma: Creative Techniques and Activities – and here she outlines why she has written the book and how she hopes it will help.

This guest blog is by Ruby Lawrence from the Drive Forward Foundation which supports young care leavers to take charge of their futures and achieve their career goals. They are hosting an exhibition called This Is Me which invites visitors to experience the lives of eleven young care leavers through their own words and portraits.

This blog, by our chief executive Kevin Williams, first appeared on Huffington Post on 25 August 2017. 

Kathleen Toner, director of The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland, outlines our role in shaping the proposed new children’s legislation in Northern Ireland and the merits of updating the law

Our recent Health Matters project in Scotland has been exploring issues relating to foster carers’ health

A sunny welcome to the latest news from the campaigns team at The Fostering Network.