Foster carers decide to change fostering agencies for a variety of reasons. Foster carers who have transferred their approval with our help have told us:
That they had not been properly supported
Their fostering fees and allowances were not competitive
That not enough training or respite had not been offered to them.
Some foster carers told us that they experienced long periods of time without a child placed. As a foster carer, you are free to choose the fostering agency you foster for. We provide a free fostering agency transfer service for...
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Foster carers awarded MBEs
Posted on 15:13 by Unknown
A Flintshire couple have been awarded with MBEs in the Queen’s birthday honours list after more than a quarter of a century as foster parents.
During that time Alice and David Oldfield from Shotton have looked after more than 100 children.
The couple, both 75, say they have no intention of giving up fostering “as long as we can move around”. Meanwhile, Martin Walter Shaw, from Anglesey, receives an OBE for services to the National Bee Unit.
Mr Oldfield said the honour came as a “complete surprise” but they were both “very, very pleased”. We didn’t...
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Fostering - Government package to help attract and retain more foster carer
Posted on 11:11 by Unknown
Fostering – The government has unveiled a new package of support to help local authorities attract and retain more foster carers from a wider range of backgrounds.
Speaking at the National Fostering Agency’s annual conference, the Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson announced a new package of support totalling £750,000 which will be used to:
provide Fostering Network with £250,000 over 2 years to boost local recruitment of foster carers and help councils share good practice nationally
provide intervention programmes for looked-after...
