A Family Less Ordinary 2016

Today I felt like Alice had gone fishing.  She cast her line, laden with the tastiest bait. I could not help but bite.  And as I bit I could feel myself being reeled in, unable to get away from the hook. It started out with me giving Alice her new Paddington Bear Suitcase of books to look at while I prepared dinner.
She was returning to school the next day from the Christmas holidays, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to get back into encouraging her to read each day, which had slipped a little during the lovely, long and lazy Christmas holidays!!!

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A Family Less Ordinary

A foster carer's christmas day.....Sometimes you long for a nice quiet...

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Fostering Test

Could you be a foster carer? Take the Test and check out some questions about you and fostering

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Simply Fostering news – Attracting new foster carers

Research by Simply Fostering, last quarter of 2014, finds finds what might make people anxious about applying to become foster carers?

People interested in fostering might have a mistrust of social workers. They might not believe that they have the abilities to do the job and are usually unaware of how many new foster carers are needed every year. People usually don’t know what is involved in being a foster carer and are worried about answering all the questions asked in the foster carer assessment... Simply Fostering News.

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Foster carers don't do for the money!

Fostering children involves looking after your own family, and someone else’s children at the same time. Being a foster carer is full on enough without adding to the pressures by constantly worrying about finances which raises stress levels, narrows choices and restricts carer’s ability to help everyone to fully share in what society has to offer.
Read more...Foster carers rewards

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The differences - Long term fostering and adoption

Long term fostering and adoption

Long term foster care and adoption are very similar, but have some key differences. In this article will be a brief summary of what the two are, and how and why they differ.

When someone decides to foster, they are providing family life for someone else’s child when the child can’t live with their birth family. Foster care is generally a short term service, and the child will most often return home. However, when this is not possible, permanent foster care or adoption comes into the picture.

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Foster children and abuse

Foster children – abuse

According to statistics, in March 2014 there were 68,840 children in care in the UK*. This staggering statistic continues to rise every day, therefore it is very important for people (interested in foster care or not) to know how and why young people are put into care and the effects it can have on the children. More...

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