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Updated for the current rules in England (September 2025). Always check your own award letter and speak to a benefits adviser if anything on your claim...
Fostering comes with a lot of additional journeys, from school runs and contact sessions to late-notice health appointments. Add in family holidays and day trips and...
A safer caring policy isn’t meant to sit in a folder or tick a box. It’s the playbook that helps a fostering household balance warmth with...
If you’re a foster carer (or thinking about becoming one), it’s completely normal to wonder how fostering interacts with Universal Credit (UC) and other benefits. The...
Getting the finances right around transport, mileage and holiday payments can make a real difference to your fostering household. Most fostering services want you to be...
The online world is where children learn, laugh, socialise, and play—but it’s also where risks can surface quickly and quietly. In foster homes, those risks can...
Fostering is life-changing, but it isn’t a nine-to-five. It’s night-wakings, school runs, contact schedules, meetings, reports—and the emotional work of helping a child who has experienced...
Thinking about fostering and trying to decode the money side? You’ll see two terms everywhere: allowance and fee. They sound similar, but they’re not the same—and...
What is the Mockingbird Family Model? The Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) is a way of organising foster families into a tight, extended-family style network called a...
Leaving care shouldn’t mean leaving support behind. In England, Staying Put and Staying Close are two routes designed to keep young people connected to the people...
