All About Fostering
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All About Fostering
Podcast by The Fostering Network
Recent Episodes
15 episodesEpisode 14 - Foster carer mortgages
We catch up with a foster carer to hear her experiences of securing a mortgage and staff from The Mortgage Brain give us an insight into how they guid...
Episode 13 - Fundraising
We catch up with some windswept walkers and a pair of phenomenal 50k fundraisers who tell us why they have been raising money for The Fostering Networ...
Episode 12 - Sons and Daughters Month
We kick off Sons and Daughters Month 2019 by talking to Lydia and Roma Bright about their experiences growing up in a fostering household as well as o...
Episode 11 - Keep Connected
We discuss our Keep Connected campaign and hear from a foster carer about her attempt to keep in contact with her former fostered child as well as tal...
Episode 10 - Walking Tall
We take a look at the impact of our Walking Tall project in Scotland and hear from some of the young people who took part.
For more infor...
Episode 9 - State of the Nation Report
We discuss our State of the Nation's Foster Care report and some of the key findings and recommendations. Read the full report at thefosteringnetwork....
Episode 8 - Staying Put
We discuss The Fostering Network's latest report - Staying Put: An Unfulfilled Promise - which looks at Staying Put legislation four years on from its...
Episode 7 - State of the Nation's Foster Care survey 2018
We discuss our 2018 State of the Nation's Foster Care survey which canvasses foster carers' opinions of the current fostering landscape.
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Nominations Clip
We hear about what it is like to receive an award from a previous winner and the person who nominated them.
Music: "Heartwarming" Kevin M...
Episode 6 - Fostering Excellence Awards nominations
We find out a little more about the nominations process for The Fostering Network's annual Fostering Excellence Awards and hear about what it is like...
Episode 5 - Stocktake response
Chief executive of The Fostering Network, Kevin Williams, shares the charity's response to the fostering stocktake in England report, published in Feb...
Episode 4 - Post 18 arrangements
We speak to young people in post 18 placements as well as Staying Put carers to find out how recent legislation is being implamented. Read more about...
Episode 3 - Mockingbird 2017
Back in 2017 we visited Stockport to hear the thoughts of fostering service staff and foster carers on being a part of Mockingbird. Stockport Council...
Episode 2 - Foster Carers' Pay
The Fostering Network recently conducted a survey of foster carers about their pay. This podcast explores the findings of the survey with The Fosterin...
Episode 1 - Campaigns
An interview with The Fostering Network's campaign's manager, Vicki Swain, about the priorities for the new children's minister in England and our cur...