This Children of Foster Carers’ Week we’re celebrating birth and adopted children of foster carers and the incredible role they have in fostering families. In this blog, foster carer Amanda shares the ...

Building Resilience to Vicarious Trauma Webinar (Wales Only) Delivered by New Pathways. This free webinar for foster carers will provide an introduction to Building Resilience to Vicarious Trauma ...

When a family starts fostering, it can be a big change for everyone – including the children who already live at home. But what is it really like for birth children to welcome foster children into ...

The girl sat on the stairs for two hours talking - but insisted on keeping the banister between them. “That’s how she felt safe,” says Eileen, a foster carer and children’s psychiatric nurse. “So, for ...

For Children of Foster Carers’ Week, we spoke to foster carer Rocky whose experience of fostering began long before she welcomed children into her own home. I was three years old when my mum and dad ...

When I Am Ready Webinar (Wales) This free webinar for foster carers in Wales will provide an overview of the When I Am Ready scheme, the challenges young people may face when leaving care, and the ...

The Government has today launched a nationally co-ordinated fostering recruitment campaign for England as part of its aim to recruit 10, 000 new foster care places for children. The campaign aims to ...

The Allegations Toolkit is a guide for practitioners investigating allegations in foster care. It promotes a balanced, transparent and proportionate approach to managing allegations based on the 5Ps: ...

Foster Walk is a fantastic way to show your support for foster care during Foster Care Fortnight while helping us raise vital funds. This year, we encourage foster carers and fostering services to ...

Fostering Wellbeing is an innovative programme, funded by Welsh Government and delivered by The Fostering Network, which aims to improve wellbeing outcomes for children and young people. The programme ...