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Good afternoon members and welcome to community round-up 104. Here is a round-up of what you have been talking about over the last few weeks.
By Aby Wojcik on October 23rd, 2015
My mum is a foster carer and has been for 8 years. Over the years I have come to the realisation that as you get older it becomes harder to live with foster children. This is probably because of "stress" from school for example, and more recently having pressure of school assignments and exams. Especially doing two GCSEs while my mum is having a foster placement.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 23rd, 2015
In my opinion, I think that fostering is quite important because it affects people’s lives in a good way. Some people get attached to children that walk into their front door even if they stay with them for a day or a year. You don’t find a lot of quiet, shy and low tempered kids around here so the work is harder for you but I guarantee a lot of people that start this job will love it.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 23rd, 2015
Fostering has definitely changed mine and my family's life.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 22nd, 2015
The fallout from the media storm on the plight of Syrian refugees continues to resonate. Over 9,000 members of the public pledged their support to helping a refugee or family.
By James Foyle on October 21st, 2015
The Fostering Network, as part of its innovation work and with funding from the Department for Education, is introducing, and supporting the delivery of the pioneering Mockingbird Family Model to foster care in the UK. You can find out more here.In his first blog, Christopher - who is working on the Mockingbird programme - reflects on the hub home carers' initial meeting.
By Christopher Scott Burrows on October 20th, 2015
Me, my mum, dad and brother Tris have fostered for lots of years. We’ve had lots and lots of children come and go - some staying all their lives and some just for a while. But of all the children that have come Lewis was my favourite. He was a very Special Brother. He had loads of special needs. He couldn’t walk talk or see but he could laugh for England. I am very proud of my brother he was the BRAVEST, he had lots of pain but still laughed.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 20th, 2015
David Clarke has been fostering for nearly six years with TACT. He is currently undertaking a BA(Hons) in Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has an interest in Social Work research, particularly social work theory and its applicability to working with children.
David wrote this blog in response to Cathy Glass's lastest monthly blog.
By Kieran McGuire on October 12th, 2015
Good afternoon members and welcome to community round-up 103. Here is a round-up of what you have been talking about over the last few weeks.
By Aby Wojcik on October 9th, 2015
Fostering has changed my life. My parents started fostering when I was 16. Im now 23. Retrospectively, at the start, it was hard. I was amidst my GCSEs and at first, it was a big adjustment. I'm sure our family would all agree that fostering was right for us, but perhaps the time in my GCSEs wasn't the right time to start. But I had a really good relationship with my parents and it made it easier. Saying that, my relationship with my parents has only got stronger over the past seven years.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on October 8th, 2015
