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  Pocket money

  … pocket money?   The Governments across the UK advises that all foster carers should receive a foster care allowance to cover the cost of caring for a child. The Fostering Network continue to campaign for national minimum … such as education grants or welfare benefits.  Discussions about the amount of pocket money should include the foster …

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  Tips to help cope with exam stress

  … exams is available in the latest publication in our All You Need To Know series - A Guide to the Education of … their confidence Young people are likely to feel anxiety about doing their best. Remind them of previous achievements, … be emotionally consistent and reassuring - Lisa, London Fostering Achievement Be available Help if they ask you, …

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  Staying Put Guidance

  … About the guidance This guidance is based upon the … services for looked after children, care leavers, and fostering services in England. The guidance has been informed … to provide a framework of best practice that will assist all parties in the implementation of staying put and seeks to …

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  Supporting families and children from Ukraine

  … or legal guardian in the UK. The key principles for The Fostering Network and CoramBAAF are as follows: The needs of … in any decisions that are made.  Any family thinking about offering to become a host family should speak directly … regulations, guidance and standards must be followed for all fostering households currently caring for a child or …

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• Blog entry
  Fostered to football

  … Tell us a little bit about yourself and your experience with foster care I was … with natural parents. With the childhood upbringing my fostering/adoptive parents gave me, I'd like to believe that … seeking to become carers? I'm not sure about advice, since all prospective foster parents have their own unique …

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  'Our door is always open': Couple share experiences from forty years of fostering

  … sad’, Croydon based foster carer, Lorina, says. She’s been fostering alongside her husband, Dervin, for almost 40 years, … of life.   Active in her community, Lorina first heard about foster care through a women’s action group she was a part of. She went home and spoke to Dervin about all the children in care who needed homes, and he simply …

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  Head, Heart, Hands - March 2016

  … project was empowering the young people to make choices about what they wanted to learn and was underpinned by social … peer mentor, in order to work towards a Silver Arts Award. All the young people involved with the project were set the … care leaver. The young people performed their songs at the fostering Christmas party in front of around 400 foster …

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  Creating change in 2019

  … Thank you for all your support for our campaigns in 2018, it was a … tool. You told them why you were unhappy with the fostering stocktake, you told them children should not have … the First Minister received over 100 letters from you about the need to implement a national minimum allowance in …

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  University Challenge - a problem shared

  … Responding to Mary and Jeff: Maria MacDonald, Fostering Achievement Development Worker at the Fostering … FIRST to talk to Emma to find out what she is thinking about GCSEs and the prospect of A Levels and university. … is for you, as a foster carer, to help Emma to collate all the necessary information. A careers adviser may provide …

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• News Story
  The unmet needs of children in foster care: charity warns of multiple shortcomings to support children’s health, education and cultural needs

  … in foster care are not being met, the UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, warns in their … mental wellbeing and educational outcomes. However, not all of children’s needs can be met, if the support they need … but the child I was caring for too – who opened up to me about how they were feeling and was able to better cope with …

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  Vital contribution of tens of thousands of foster families across the UK highlighted during coronavirus

  … ongoing during the coronavirus outbreak. The UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, is using this … crisis that has affected every one of us and impacted all aspects of our society. Despite the practical and … go to thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/fcf20 .  For information about becoming a foster carer please visit …

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  Foster carer from Bridgend receives The Fostering Network in Wales’ inaugural President’s Award 

  … 30 September, Graham Clifford was presented with The Fostering Network in Wales’ inaugural President’s Award in … they have cared for eleven children and young people of all ages, from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of … to a Men Who Care book, challenging perceptions about male foster carers, and uses his role as a school …

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  The Fostering Network named as Endsleigh Charity Partner

  … The Fostering Network is delighted to have been named as … and young people, will in turn help their staff learn more about fostering and the role of foster carers. Lucy Peake, … 2. The Fostering Network is the UK's leading charity for all those involved in foster care, and exists to make life …

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