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Category: Latest blogs Date: April 22 2022

7 Amazing reasons to foster a child with disabilities

Around 7/10 looked-after children have special needs, compared to 2 in 10 of all children.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 28 2022

Fostering an autistic child when you have birth children at home

In this guide, we’ll show you how to make fostering an autistic child with birth children a success.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 14 2022

8 questions to help you decide which foster agency to choose

To help you decide which fostering agency you should choose, we’ve broken down the eight most important questions you need to consider.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 7 2022

5 tips: how to transition a foster child into your home

In this guide, you’ll find simple and easy-to-follow tips to help make this process as smooth and stress-free as possible.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: February 10 2022

5 Tips to Help a Foster Child Obsessed with Food

Before living with their foster family, many children in care didn’t know when their next meal was coming. This trauma can see them develop food obsession disorder symptoms, such as hoarding, bingeing or stealing. Here are 5 tips to help your foster child forge a healthy relationship with food.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: February 1 2022

The impact of fostering on birth children & 6 tips for success

Becoming a foster parent isn’t a decision you make on a whim. There are many things to consider and it’s important to include the whole household from the start. Which is why the decision can feel even more loaded when you have to think about the impact of fostering on birth children. Ensuring the wellbeing of your birth children will be a number one priority, but your other main priority is to provide your foster child with the best care possible. It may sound daunting, but when it’s done right, it’ll be worth it.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: January 7 2022

Hoarding, Stealing & Bingeing: Food Insecurity in Foster Children

Food hoarding, stealing and bingeing are common food issues foster children develop, but why do they do it and how can you help them? We’re here to help shed some light.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: December 20 2021

Working beyond retirement: why fostering could be for you in 2022

If you’ve recently hung up your work hat or are having to face early retirement, you may be wondering about how best to spend these golden years. There are many things to do after retirement to make money, but fostering is more than just a pay packet. It changes children’s lives.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: September 28 2021

13 reasons why dogs are good for children with ADHD & Autism

If your child or foster child has additional needs, a four-legged furry companion could help them emotionally, physically and developmentally.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: June 9 2021

History of Pride Month

June 2021 is PRIDE Month and pays tribute to all of those who were involved in the Stonewall riots in 1969. The first pride march was held the following year on New York City in 1970.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: May 3 2021

Deaf Awareness Week

1 in 6 people have hearing loss, meaning that more people might be struggling to hear you than you think. As part of our disability service at Fostering People we have cared for profoundly deaf children, but in our latest blog find out how to communicate better with people who although can hear, may stuggle to hear you completely.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: April 22 2021

National Stephen Lawrence Day

Stephen Lawrence Day this year seems quite fitting coming less than 48 hours after the conviction of George Floyd’s murderer.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 25 2021

Do dogs help children to stay fit?

We know that children need exercise to keep fit and healthy and so do our four legged friends.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 25 2021

How pet’s can increase a foster child’s emotional health

Friendship is really important to us and improves are emotional health, it has been shown to prevent illness and add years to our lives – while isolation can lead to depression. Find out more about how pet's can help.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 25 2021

How pets can reduce stress for foster children.

We all know that stroking a pet feels nice, but did you know that it’s scientifically proven to feel good?

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 24 2021

How dogs can improve immune health for children

We all know dogs are a breading ground for germs, but did you know this can actually benefical to our immune health? Find out more.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 24 2021

How pet's can teach foster children to care

Being caring and kind, isn't a skill we are born with. We learn these skills, particularly as children. Pet's provide a great opportunity for children to experience first hand, what a difference kindness and caring make.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: February 25 2021

UCAS Discovery Days

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Category: Latest blogs Date: February 12 2021

LGBT+ History Month

Oliver Kirkland shares his experience of how positively things have changes for LGBT foster parents and adopters.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: December 14 2020

The Story of Hanukkah

We are currently in the middle of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light. Read more about Hanukkah and the story behind this important time of year.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: December 14 2020

Oliver's Christmas message

End of year message to all our fostering families.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: December 2 2020

Young artist within Fostering People

Our foster children surprise us all the time with their talents, and these drawings are truely fantastic.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: September 28 2020

Exam results day 2020

Well done to each and every one of our young people who received results this year and thank you for sharing them! We’d like to wish them all luck stepping in to the next chapter of their education!

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Category: Latest blogs Date: June 9 2020

George Floyd: Going even further to ensure change

A message from Oliver Kirkland - Registered Manager talking about the tragic death of George Floyd and suggesting how we might learn from this as an organisation and as people.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: April 6 2020

Fostering assessments during social distancing

In light of recent Government social distancing instructions, we have amended our recruitment and assessment processes, to ensure we can still recruit new fostering family during this difficult time.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: March 23 2020

Our Response to COVID-19

A message from our Managing Director, John Platt and CEO, Jo August on our response to COVID-19.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: January 24 2020

How to decorate a foster child's bedroom

If you just thinking about becoming a foster carer, are new to fostering or an experienced foster parents decorating and preparing a bedroom for a foster child who is new to your home is really important.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: January 1 2020

Destination fostering! Clear sky's ahead

You may be wondering what it will be like to care for somebody’s else’s child; to share your home with a child, but a child who is effectively a stranger; how demanding will it be and what else does it involve?

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Category: Latest blogs Date: October 22 2019

Stress Awareness Day and how I cope with stress

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Category: Latest blogs Date: October 21 2019

Care made me

When a young person is in foster carer there are many statistics which show that outcomes for children within education, health, employment and crime are less positive than those of their peers which have grown up within a conventional family unit. But here we show how foster care has had a positive effect on young people's lives.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: October 21 2019

7 Tips to look after you this Self Care Week

Being a foster parent is a hard and often stressful role.  It's important to take care of yourself every bit as much as the children in your care. So here are some top tips to ensure you stay healthy both mentally and physically.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: August 7 2019

Working with Tyneside Women's Health

Starting in 2019, Fostering People have commenced partnership with Tyneside Women’s Health, a charitable organisation based in Newcastle and Gateshead. The aim of the charity is to help women and girls to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Their overall vision is ‘a society that is free from mental health stigma, in which all women and girls feel included and empowered’.

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Category: Latest blogs Date: August 21 2018

Can you foster if you have a dog?

A pet dog can be a great first step for many young people, helping them to form attachments to the family as a whole.

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