With the Great British Bake Off having just kicked off, our vice-president Darren Harman-Page - a former professional baker - shares some of his thoughts about baking and the therapeutic benefits to children in a fostering family.
Here's the latest news from our campaigns team, including how you can support our Tick the Box campaign and an update on the record-breaking response to our State of the Nation survey.
The fundraising team at The Fostering Network appreciate what an emotional undertaking it can be to sign up to a personal challenge and we are so grateful to everyone who continues to do so to
Lucy writes about maintaining hope despite challenging times and a sense of inertia
Hub home carers are at the centre of each of our Mockingbird contellations, so we thought we would let you know what their role involves.
Having blogged for many years about fostering and raising children I have more recently looked at ways in which adults and young people can achieve happiness and contentment. Last time we looked at taking responsibility for our lives.
Following the publication of the Westminster Government’s Fostering Better Outcomes report, our chief executive, Kevin Williams, has written t
Writer, foster carer and adopter, Petrina Banfield, was so captivated by the case files kept by hospital almoners in the 1920s – and their link to modern fostering - that she wrote a book about their work.
Meet our new campaigns and engagement officer, find out more about the 30 hours free childcare for fostered children in England, read how we're responding to Fostering Better Outcomes, discover what's happening at the care review in Scotland and see how you can get involved in our 2018 State of t
Before I joined The Fostering Network as its chief executive, one of the things I most admired the organisation for – indeed, I sometimes wish I had been its chief executive at the time – was it leading the campaign to give young people the right to stay living with their former foster carers unt
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