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Updates, news and advice from Foster with Bucks. With over 500 children in Buckinghamshire needing a loving home, you could be part of a welcoming, friendly community of foster carers.
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As new foster carers, the support we’ve received has been amazing
This year, during Foster Care Fortnight we’re celebrating Fostering Communities. Dee, a newly approved foster shared how vital the support she has received has been to her and her family.
- 13.05.2022
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Tips for talking to your child about fostering
Our Child and Family Workers, Jackie and Lisa, are on hand to support the children of our foster carers through their emotions around fostering. They shared some useful advice about how you can talk to your child about fostering.
- 01.10.2021
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Fostering while working full-time as a teacher – how I do both
Sarah and her husband Rich both work full-time and have been fostering for nearly three years. Sarah is a primary school teacher and spoke to us about how she juggles a full-time career with caring for two sisters long-term.
- 30.09.2021
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Jenson (9) and Frankie (7) spoke to us about what it is like to live in a fostering family
October is Sons and Daughters Month, an annual campaign run by The Fostering Network to celebrate the vital contribution which the children of foster carers make to foster care.
- 20.09.2021
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Short-term Foster Carer Jo shares her experiences fostering with Buckinghamshire Council
We asked Jo how she juggles being a single foster carer with having a social life and what advice she’d have for anyone considering fostering.
- 17.08.2021
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It Takes A Village II: Celebrating and supporting children with additional needs and disabilities in fostering and adoption
In February, we hosted a special night of live music performances and chat as we explored the issues around fostering and adopting children with additional needs and disabilities.
- 29.07.2021
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The adventure of newly approved foster carers Melissa and John
Melissa and John were approved as foster carers late last year, and open up about how they've found the experience so far.
- 30.06.2021
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22-year-old Jess opens up about growing up with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder and finding her family through being fostered
As part of our recent It Takes A Village event, which celebrated and discussed supporting children and young people with additional needs and disabilities, we interviewed 22-year-old Jess
- 25.05.2021
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Son of Bucks Foster Carer, Aaron, shares his experience of growing up in a fostering family
We asked Aaron what impact fostering had on his family and what advice he'd have for parents considering fostering.
- 10.05.2021
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Long-term Buckinghamshire Council Foster Carer Maggie shares her experiences of fostering teens
Read our interview with Maggie, a Bucks foster carer of over 20 years, who is currently fostering a teenage girl on a long-term basis.
- 04.05.2021
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Sheila, a Buckinghamshire Foster Carer, shares her experience of fostering teenagers
Read our interview with Sheila, a long-term foster carer of teenagers in Bucks.
- 20.01.2021
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Millie, aged 10, shares her experiences growing up in a fostering family
Read our interview with 10-year-old Millie, whose mum is a Buckinghamshire short breaks carer.
- 08.12.2020
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Short-term foster carer Judith shares her experiences fostering brothers and sisters
Read our interview with a foster for Bucks carer, Judith, about her fostering experiences.
- 18.11.2020