Can disabled people foster?
That was the question asked over two years ago by the University of Worcester, in collaboration with Shaping Our Lives and The Foster Care Co-operative. It instigated a ground-breaking piece of…
Coronavirus update
We are still open for business... We’re still here 24/7We'd love to hear from youWe're following government guidelines on Covid-19 to ensure everyone we work with is kept safe; our…
New Family Social membership
We’re thrilled to say that we’re now members of New Family Social, a UK-based charity run by LGBT+ foster carers and adopters.The charity aims to help support LGBT+ foster carers…
Fostering a child and their parent
Did you know that as foster carer, you can foster both a parent and their children? It’s called PACT (Parents And Children Together), and there is a great need for…
Supporting The Spark Foundation
We’re thrilled to be able to allocate our charitable fund to The Spark Foundation, a charity that offers grants to children in care and care leavers. We wanted to choose a…
The right to be treated equally
At FCC, we have always prided ourselves on being diverse and inclusive, where all our members are treated fairly and equally – regardless of ethnicity, religious belief, gender or sexual…
Fostering during lockdown
As we all know, family life over the past few months has been challenging. Everyone has had to alter the way they approach life and everyday tasks such as work,…
Foster Care Fortnight: a thank you!
It’s Foster Care Fortnight from 11th – 24th May, a time when we celebrate the fantastic and humbling part that foster carers play in children’s lives all over the country.That…
Supporting our carers and children
During these challenging times, we are committed to supporting our carers and children.Being asked to self-isolate means that families of all shapes and sizes are required to stay at home,…
Our ‘wash your hands’ posters!
We held a competition for our foster care households, to design a 'wash your hands' poster!We thought this would be a fantastic activity for our children and young people: giving…