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Snow Day Noises
Childrens Stories
At Fostering People we love sharing the talents of our young people, this wonderful poem was written by 9 year old T.
Sandras Fostering Story
Foster Parent Stories
This month we’re sitting down with foster mum Sandra to hear about her experiences of cultural exchange within foster care and the wisdom she’s gained after almost 20 years of fostering experience.
Caroline and Kennys fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
“Kids don’t fit neatly in the boxes that society wants them in” Caroline and Kenny tell their fostering story and how they have never looked back.
Shanice tells her short break fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Short breaks are a different type of fostering. “Putting a smile on the girls’ faces and opening up their eyes to different experiences has definitely been the most rewarding part so far.”
Stevie and Mhairi’s Fostering Story
Foster Parent Stories
Newly weds Stevie and Mhairi talk about their lives, as they embark not just as a married couple, but from hoteliers to happy families: Meet the hotel managers on their new fostering journey.
Harriet and David’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Harriet and David tell how they left their public sector careers to foster, not once but twice, coming back to fostering during the pandemic. “There is nothing more rewarding than this”.
Wayne’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Wayne swapped his teaching career for fostering, but now combines both roles successfully. In his fostering story, Wayne tells us about what led him to fostering and his return to work as a SENDCo in a virtual school.
Foster parent Yvonne urges other black people to consider fostering this Black History Month
Foster Parent Stories
Whilst Yvonne appreciates that mixed ethnicity foster placements can and do work, she thinks it’s important that young black people in foster care have a space where they can grow into their own culture.
Ian’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Father of six foster children reveals how he knew something was missing before he started fostering. Find out more.
Caz’s Fostering Story
Foster Parent Stories
Caz has been fostering for almost 10 years with Fostering People. Caz explains how she approaches motherhood and the differences between fostering and raising her own son.
Nicola’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Nicola, 43 and her husband, Richard, who are based in Redcar, have been fostering for three years and in that time, they have fostered three children who are siblings.
Yvonne’s Fostering Story
Foster Parent Stories
Yvonne tells her fostering story in her own words, talking about the children she has looked after, what motivated her to foster initially back in the 1990s and her experience of caring for children with whom she didn’t share the same culture and religion.
Angela’s Fostering Story
Foster Parent Stories
Angela, 59, and her husband, Chris, 57, based in Nottingham, have been fostering vulnerable children for seven years and in that time, they have fostered 13 children.
Steve’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Steve 63, and his wife, Lorraine, 59, who are based in County Durham, have been fostering for seven years and have fostered three children who are siblings on a long-term basis ever since they were approved.
Kay’s story reminding us how wonderful pets are.
Childrens Stories
Kay is a young person who has lived with her foster parents for four and a half years. She recently wrote an essay for school, both her teacher and her foster parents were so proud of her work.
Madison’s Story
Childrens Stories
My name is Madison and I am 15 years old. I have been in care for nearly 6 years
Theo’s Story
Childrens Stories
My name is Theo; I have been in care for close to six years and have noticed how dramatically my life has changed.
K’s fostering story
Childrens Stories
This witty blog from a bright and insightful teenager in foster care with Fostering People, show just how much fun teenagers are, as K’s describes her life and her relationship with her foster parents.
Toni and Graham Fosters’ story
Foster Parent Stories in the East Midlands
Twenty years ago, in the year 2000, Toni and Graham embarked on a new journey within the fostering care sector that has led them to become Fostering People’s longest fostering parents.
Cathy and Graham’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Before becoming a foster family, Cathy and Graham were formally an army family traveling across the UK. The couple settled in the West Midlands and started to look into adoption as the couple had been unable to have their own children, as Cathy explains.
Joanne and Stephen’s fostering story | Fostering People
Foster Parent Stories in the North West
For Joanne and Stephen Phillips, 2012 was a major turning point in their life – it was the year they applied to become foster parents. For Joanne, this opportunity was exactly what she’d been yearning for.
Katie’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the North West
Katie was a youth worker before becoming a foster parent. Katie explains she has worked in the community and a few of her friends were in foster care and this really motivated her to become a foster parent.
Dennis and Linda’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the North East
With five birth children and ten grandchildren, Dennis and Linda had always been used to having lots of children around and, once their own children had left home, fostering felt like the next natural step.
Julie and Steve’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the North East
Since joining Fostering People in 2008, Julie and Steve have experienced the full range of joys and challenges that fostering brings.
Julie and Mark’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the East Midlands
Read about Julie and Mark’s fostering story. They have been fostering for around 8 years now and have looked after children of all ages.
John and Yvonne’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the East Midlands
After fostering for five years, Yvonne remembered the day they were approved as foster carers.
Andi’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the East Midlands
“It was a day we would never forget, driving home from Nottingham after being approved as foster parents at our Panel meeting. We were on cloud nine, excited to get home to that chilled bottle of champagne in the fridge to celebrate our new vocation.”
Emma and Mike’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Emma and Mike decided to join Fostering People following a recommendation from close friends who are foster parents with the agency. They liked the fact that they felt we would not just be a “number” and it had a family feel to the agency.
Liz and Tom’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Read about Liz and Tom’s first placement, an emergency placement for a 15 year old boy called Amir from Iran.
Carol and John’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in Scotland
Carol first found out about Fostering People through a friend, who works as a social worker. “A friend told me about the information evening so I went along. When I got there, I found there was no hard sell, the event was relaxed and welcoming and I felt comfortable”.
Pat’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in Scotland
Pat has been fostering with Fostering People since 2015. Pat has worked with children for 40 years, most recently as a social work, working in education. But Pat wanted a change of direction and saw an advert for the Fostering People information evening.
Tracy and Ian’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Following a long career with the local authority, Tracy and Ian decided the time was right to make the move to an independent agency. “We attended training with foster carers from the independent sector and when they discussed the support they received, we realised it was possible to have a more positive fostering experience,” describes Ian.
Julie’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Julie has spent her working life in social care. “I’d been working as a manager for a number of years, spending more and more time on call, working long hours and becoming disillusioned. I wanted to do something different.”
Lisa and Martin’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Lisa and Martin are experienced foster parents who fostered with an independent fostering agency for 2 years prior to joining Fostering People.
Steve and Sandra’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Read about Steve and Sandra’s fostering story.
Sumera’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the West Midlands
Read about Sumera’s fostering story on how with support and guidance by her social worker and the team at Fostering People, helped her settle in quite easily as a foster parent.
Jan and Dave’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories in the West Midlands
Read about how Jan and Dave’s experiences as foster parents to 2 girls, who are now on a long term placement with them both.
Julie and Phil’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Julie and Phil have been fostering for a year which has seen them care for two parent and child placements, a sibling group of 3 on and an 11 year old boy on respite. Julie and Phil have found their experiences very different from each other and they have had their challenges, but continue to enjoy fostering.
Sophie’s Story
Childrens Stories
Read about Sophie’s story of being the eldest of 6 siblings and the reason why she came into care at the age of 12 years old.
Jack’s Story
Childrens Stories
This story centres around a young 10 year old little boy in foster care with Fostering People who is confused about his gender and how his foster carer is helping him feel comfortable with his own identity despite his young age.
Louise and Andrew’s fostering story
Foster Parent Stories
Most children show great excitement at Christmas time and it can be a wonderful time for foster parents. But Christmas can be an overwhelming time for some foster children, as Louise and her husband Andrew foster parents from the East Midlands experienced.
Josh’s fostering story
Childrens Stories
Can you imagine being over 2 years old, but having never left hospital? This was the reality for Josh but with the help of Fostering People he now has a family home to call his own.