Scotland has many things to be proud of and our fostering community is high on that list
In this blog the director of The Fostering Network in Scotland, Sara Lurie, explains just what it takes to be a foster carer.
Better health, more stability
This blog summarises our Big Issue article from Issue 169 of Foster Care magazine about foster carers’ health and wellbeing.
Beginning the upward spiral: The benefit of sports and activities for children and young people in care
In this blog Craig, a development worker on our Fostering Achievement programme in Northern Ireland, highlights the physical and social benefits of sport and activities for children in foster care.
Love and kindness is never wasted: Fostering an unaccompanied asylum seeking child
Lucy Stevens works for a fostering service and fosters an unaccompanied asylum seeking child. In this blog Lucy talks us through her experiences of fostering.
Building strong and lasting bonds
Melissa Green is the director of operations for The Fostering Network. In this blog Melissa highlights the importance of stability in foster care and how our Mocking programme is delivering it.
So rewarding but often overlooked
Lauren is the daughter of a foster carer and also one of our young champions in Scotland.
'The list of what he CAN do is endless': Fostering a child with disability
Diana Kilduff has been fostering for nearly five years with her family and specialises in looking after children with disabilities.
Campaigns Blog *Election Special*
The UK General Election takes place on 8 June, and despite the short notice it is nevertheless an important opportunity to both raise the profile, and campaign to improve, foster care.
Charity calls for 7,000 more foster families, particularly for teens and siblings
More than 7,000 new foster families are needed in the coming year to ensure that all children can be found the right foster home first time, according to leading fostering charity The Fostering Network at the start of this year’s Foster Care Fortnight (8-21 May). The need is particularly for families to offer homes to teenagers and groups of brothers and sisters.
Call for evidence for Government fostering stocktake in England
The Westminster Government has issued a call for evidence for its stocktake of foster care in England.
The stocktake, announced last year, is seeking to understand what currently works well and why, where improvements are needed to achieve better outcomes for fostered children and identify areas where more research is needed.
