Blogs
Children of all ages and backgrounds come into care requiring the nurture and support of a foster family. Whether it is for one night, a few weeks, or their entire childhood, it’s important to have enough foster families to look after these children and to meet each child’s individual needs.
Kathleen Toner, director of The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland, has written this blog for Foster Care Fortnight
Currently 65,000 children in the UK are living with foster carers. Thousands more foster families are needed this year to give every child who comes into care a stable and loving home. If you think you have what it takes to change a child’s future, keep reading.
Our director in Wales, Colin Turner, shares his thoughts for our day of focus on Wales
Welcome to Foster Care FortnightTM 2019 – the UK’s biggest annual fostering awareness campaign, developed and delivered by The Fostering Network.
I was recently asked by a woman’s magazine to write a short article about some of the most harrowing situations I had faced. It’s reproduced below. It was only when I’d written the article and reread it that I realized my most harrowing situations all related to fostering.
We love putting our best foot forward and striding out on a Foster Walk! Whether it’s Foster Walk London or Cardiff arranged by us, or a local event organised by our members or supporters, this 5K family-friendly sponsored walk celebrates fostering by bringing the community together to raise awareness while fundraising to help The Fostering Network make foster care the very best it can be.
In this blog Susan Soar from our Fostering Potential programme looks at some of the research evidence around the benefits of adults and children reading together and explores three popular children’s books.
