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We are always interested to hear about any stories from our carers, foster children and birth children so if you have something to share with us, get in touch.
Disability and sibling foster care
The fact they were a charity really appealed to me and I knew another carer who highly recommended them. I’d heard lots of stories of how they had helped previous foster children and that sealed the deal.
Latest from The CFT
Real-time mortgage tracking for foster carers
Saving you valuable time and energy
Former CFT foster carer Peter Stamford of Moor Mortgages has a new service all aimed at saving foster carers time and stress when the time comes to sort their m...
A family is for life | Take action today
There’s a 33% increase in care-leaver homelessness* Its time to improve policies to support care leavers.
Become Charity, an outstanding organisation supporting children and young people in care a...
Can any of us really be foster carers?
The notion that any of us with a spare room and a willingness to support young people is enough to become foster carers highlights the two very basic requirements to become carers.
Are you 21 and...
The people making a difference
When fostering becomes your transferrable skill
Our series continues, but this time we’re flipping transferrable skills on its head.
Fostering young people fundamentally relies on a carer’s ability to be flexible. Being able to harness practica...
Putting belief into action – Transferring skills
We’ve highlighted career choices that make fantastic foster carers in our previous blog post
As part of our series highlighting those that recognised their own potential and put that to work foste...
Transferring skills in action!
This month, we’re shining a light on the individuals who recognised their own potential for fostering and focussed that on becoming exceptional carers.
Regularly, those that enquire about becoming...
