Foster Carer Story: Paula
"Well I have to say it started with our own family. We came together as step families so the children were used to having to adapt to new situations. When…
"Well I have to say it started with our own family. We came together as step families so the children were used to having to adapt to new situations. When…
Sue & Tony have been foster carers for The Foster Care Co-operative since 2008, and live in Gloucestershire. They have fostered many children into independence, and have also undertaken a…
"I was taken into care aged 9. A long term placement was found for me by The Foster Care Co-operative hundreds of miles away from my immediate family. So long…
FCC were visited by Ed Mayo earlier this year. Ed is the Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, the UK trade association for co-operatives. He spent time with staff, and took a…
Lynn Findlay, one of FCC's supervising social workers in the Yorkshire area, has taken part in an interview about online safety for children.Lynn, who writes a monthly e-safety blog for the FCC…
This month focuses on Viral Online Challenges; raising awareness and offering guidance. Viral Online Challenges – dangerous or harmless? Over the past years there has been increasing popularity in children…
Fostering has been in the news a lot recently. We could mention the recent stories concerning the ‘cost’ of placing children with independent fostering agencies to be wildly more expensive…
The Fostering Stocktake Report, undertaken by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers, has mentioned The Foster Care Co-operative in the Independent Fostering Agencies from the Voluntary Sector section (p.64). The…
Ed Mayo (far left) with staff from The Foster Care Co-operative The Foster Care Co-operative was visited by Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, on Thursday 1st February. He…