Fostering Resources, Blogs, News and Advice

Fostering Resources

Fostering Blogs, News and Advice

News & Blogs

Christmas wth a fostering teenager

Fostering Teenagers around Christmas

December 2 2024

Fostering a teenager at Christmas can bring questions and challenges, as it may stir difficult emotions for them. This guide offers practical tips to help you prepare and support teenagers during the festive season.

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Making Christmas Special with Foster Children: Tips for Foster Carers

November 28 2024

Read about some of the ways you can make Christmas special for children in your care, with some insights from foster carers.

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Black History Month

Exploring Black British History with your Foster Children

September 30 2024

Black History Month UK in October highlights the history, achievements, and experiences of black communities. As a foster parent, teaching children about black history is vital.

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Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

September 18 2024

This month at Fosterplus, we're spotlighting this often misunderstood condition and exploring ways foster parents can better support children with FASD.

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How To Deal With Bullying

Does Bullying Go Away?

August 14 2024

Many children and young people face bullying, which can impact their self-esteem, mental well-being and relationships now and in the future. As a foster parent, it's essential to be prepared to manage bullying when it occurs. In this article, we explore the definition of bullying, why it occurs, and how to help a child or young person deal with bullying and recover from its impact.

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How to Support your Foster Children to Succeed

August 1 2024

Help your young person shine on results day with our top tips. Plus, discover their next steps with our foster parent guide.

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Fosterplus Scotland Awarded Very Good By Care Inspectorate

November 19 2024

Fosterplus Scotland have received a rating of 'Very Good' in their recent Care Inspectorate inspection.

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Popular Show Highlights Real Stories of Foster Families

November 12 2024

Kiri Pritchard-McLean's brand-new comedy show 'Peacock' gives an honest, heart-warming and hilarious look at what it’s like to be a foster parent in the UK. Our foster parent, Sonia, shares all.

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Fosterplus Awarded Certificate of Excellence

November 7 2024

Fosterplus have received an award, in recognition of outstanding commitment to trauma-informed practice.

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Fosterplus Finalists at the Children and Young People Awards 2024

October 23 2024

Fosterplus are proud to be a finalist in two categories at this year's prestigious Children and Young People Awards.

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Fosterplus South Team Delight in their Outstanding Result

September 11 2023

Fosterplus South is celebrating after receiving an ‘Outstanding’ rating following an official inspection from Ofsted. The latest result is a huge achievement for Fosterplus which achieved ‘outstanding’ in all areas.

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Tax Cut for Foster Parents

March 20 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces an increase in tax relief for foster carers, meaning a greater income for thousands of foster families.

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Case studies

“Mum, I’m not sure where I’d be if it wasn’t for you!”

May 13 2024

58-year-old Tracey is a foster parent based in Warwickshire. Since 2003, Tracey’s looked after five long-term foster children in that time, who she’s raised alongside her own children. One of her foster children now stays with her in a ‘staying-put placement’ which is where a child continues to live with their foster parent after turning 18.

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Mandy's Transfer Case Study

April 2 2024

“For me it’s seeing them happy, progressing, learning new things, having new experiences, and the opportunities to fulfil their dreams.” Mandy Lees started her fostering journey five years ago with another foster care provider. During these five years, she’s had two long term foster children and ten who stayed for respite. Last year, Mandy transferred from the council to Fosterplus.

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“To be a foster carer has been a dream of mine”

March 6 2024

Danielle always wanted to be a foster carer. She shares her first year of fostering this Mother’s Day.

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Shona Shares her Experience of Working & Fostering

January 23 2024

Shona, 34, is a primary school teacher, and alongside husband Andrew, she’s been fostering since 2020. Shona loves fostering, and balances working full time alongside raising her two foster children and her birth son.

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Steve Shares his Experience of being a Male Foster Carer

January 16 2024

At first, it didn’t matter to me that I was going to be a male foster carer, I was just going to be a foster carer but now I understand just how important it is.

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"I wasn't ready not to be a mum anymore."

September 19 2023

Alison is a mother and a grandmother. She started her fostering journey in 2017 and has had several young people in her care over the last 6 years.

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Part of the Polaris Community

We're proud to be part of the Polaris Community, one of the UK’s leading communities of children’s service providers. When you join Fosterplus, you'll benefit from a local, professional team, as well as the wider support and resources from across our community of children's services.

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Reasons to choose Fosterplus...

why foster with fosterplus

Why choose us?

Everything we do is geared towards this idea of continuity, and it’s something that our foster parents experience too – with stable teams and consistent support and training.

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foster care matching process

Careful matching

Careful, considered matching is key, and over many years' experience, we've developed an outstanding reputation for quality matching and excellent outcomes for children in care.

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foster care allowance calculator

Allowance calculator

You’ll benefit from an attractive fostering payment for when a child is in your care, together with other benefits and rewards. Find out how much you could receive using our allowance calculator.

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