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Becoming a foster carer means opening your home and heart—and also working within a regulated system designed to keep children safe. Very occasionally, concerns arise about...
Contact—often called family time—is how children in care stay connected with the people who matter to them: parents, siblings, grandparents and close friends. It’s not “nice...
Getting health and mental-health support moving early is one of the most powerful things foster carers can do to stabilise a placement. In the first days...
Children in care (looked-after children) have specific rights in education—and there are systems designed to make sure they aren’t left behind during moves, court processes, or...
Teenagers bring energy, humour and big questions into a foster home. They also carry complex histories and are figuring out who they are while navigating school,...
Welcoming a baby or toddler into your home is joyful, exhausting, and very different from caring for older children in foster care. Under-5s need responsive, predictable...
When children come into care, one of the most consequential decisions is whether brothers and sisters can live together. For many, the sibling bond is the...
What “UASC” Means—and What the Law Requires Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) are young people under 18 who arrive in the UK without a parent or legal...
Children who come into care often carry invisible luggage—loss, fear, disrupted attachments, and experiences that have shaped how safe the world feels. Therapeutic fostering is about...
Choosing the right type of fostering is as much about your family’s strengths and lifestyle as it is about the needs of children in care. While...
