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Let’s Talk Fostering: January
Foster Careline will be holding a virtual fostering awareness event on the below dates for anyone who is interested in…
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Let’s Talk Fostering: February
Foster Careline will be holding a virtual fostering awareness event on the below dates for anyone who is interested in…
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Fostering Awareness Tuesday Drop-Ins Nov24-Mar25
Come along to Newton Community Centre on the 2nd Tuesday of every month between October 2024 and March 2025 to…
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We run a range of activities and participation events with our children and young people. Discover some of the work we do here.
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Long-Term Fostering – Nicki’s Story
Background Nicki and her husband, part of a blended family with 5 grown children, chose to become Foster Carers after…
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Creating experiences with your foster teen – activity recommendations to…
Did you know a child can be fostered to provide them with a safe and stable home right up until…
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Can you do long-term fostering? Beating the foster carer crisis…
Overview Answering common questions about long-term fostering, looking at what foster care statistics mean for the North West and how…
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Foster care approval – how long does the application process…
Overview: A summary of the process to become a foster carer, including how long it takes to become approved, the…
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Fostering and adoption in the North West – what support…
Overview: An introduction to fostering and adoption in the North West, the support available, and how much foster parents get…
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Breaking down short-term fostering: find out about fostering in the…
Overview: Find out about short-term fostering in the North West to inform your fostering choices. Answering essential questions about how…
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Celebrating Community this Foster Care Fortnight
Foster Care Fortnight 2023 is celebrated from 15th – 28th May. This year the theme is #FosteringCommunties! Foster Care Fortnight 2023 is a…
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Parent and child fostering: How much allowance do you get…
Overview: A short summary of parent and child fostering. We’ll explore who can become a parent and child foster carer…
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How We’re Celebrating Care Day 2023
Friday, 17 February, is Care Day – the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience! This…
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Self care at Christmas
Christmas, the period around it, and winter in general can bring moments of real joy, but they can also present…
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In Memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
Foster Careline was deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. During the 70 years…
Foster Stories
Jasmyne’s story
“Foster Careline is amazing because of the support that you get. They do support groups, they do training sessions which…
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Showcase: artwork
We’re really proud of the children and young people that we are lucky enough to work with every day, and…
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Having a roarsome time at Farmer Ted’s Adventure Playground
It’s no secret that one of the best parts of our job is getting out and spending time with our…
Foster Stories
Catherine’s foster story
Meet Catherine Parnell, 41, from Buckley. Catherine left her job in e-commerce working for Iceland after 12 years to become…
Foster Stories
Experience: A change of career
“You know, there are highs and there are lows, but just knowing that I’ve made a difference to the children’s…
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Easter bonnet competition
The children and young people we work with don’t need much encouragement to get art and crafting! We held an…
Foster Stories
Experience: the fostering process
“I would definitely recommend fostering as a career to anyone, whether you’ve got children of your own or whether…
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Earth Day
Well done to J, who had the winning design in our Earth Day artwork competition! We asked the young people…
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Mother’s day artwork
One of our foster carers shared this lovely card that the child in her care sent to her in celebration…
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What type of foster carer should I be and why?
If you’ve decided to pursue a career in foster care then that’s amazing news to us. In our opinion, you’ve…
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Five reasons you should consider transferring to Foster Careline
Foster carers everywhere: we salute you. Every day you go above and beyond to provide a safe and nurturing home…
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📣 We are thrilled to announce that N, aged 12, is the winner of our Festive Card competition! 🎅
N submitted a funny, bright, and festive card that will surely bring joy to all its recipients. Choosing a winner from so many fantastic entries was quite a challenge! ❄️
Congratulations once again to everyone who participated! Your creativity and spirit made this competition truly special! 🌟
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We’re thrilled to announce the runners-up of our Festive Card Competition!
📣 In the 0-9 years group, a huge shout out to W for their adorable handprint snowmen having a blast in the snow!
☃️❄️ In the 14-25 years category, let’s give a big round of applause to S for their jolly Minion dressed as Father Christmas 🎅✨
A heartfelt congratulations to all our participants, your creativity truly shone through, making this competition a festively fabulous celebration of talent! 🎨❤️
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This year, we received the highest number of entries ever for our Festive Card Competition!
Every card design we received was brilliant and showed so much creativity and talent, making it incredibly tough to choose our 2024 winners.
Stay tuned! Over the coming weeks, we'll be showcasing the stunning designs from our winner and runners-up on our social channels. You won’t want to miss the incredible artwork that made this competition so special! 🎨😊
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Christmas celebrations at Tesco Burnley! Buddy the Elf and Santa have been busy supporting our Fostering Awareness stand! Big thanks to Community Champion Mukhtar for always making us so welcome in store and all the lovely customers who’ve visited our stand! We look forward to being back in store soon!🎄🤶🎅🧑🎄🤩🎄🤶🎅🧑🎄🎄🤶🎄🤶🎅🧑🎄 ... See MoreSee Less
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We are all set up at Rawtenstall Tesco! Lancashire Fostering Engagement Social worker Sarah will be in store until 2.30pm today. Any questions about fostering, how to become a foster carer and how you can change a child’s life for the better please drop in and say hello! Big thanks to Community Champion Emma and staff member Callum for always making us so welcome! It’s always a pleasure coming in to store! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 ... See MoreSee Less
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We have had a great week so far undertaking Fostering Awareness at Fishergate Shopping Centre Preston! Social worker Sarah and Glenis the duck are here all weekend. Want to find out more about fostering and how you can change a child’s life for the better come down and say hello! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 ... See MoreSee Less
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Join our virtual fostering information event TODAY.
Learn more about the process of becoming a foster carer with Foster Careline and the impact you could have on a child's life.
Please register by clicking the link below, we look forward to welcoming you. 😊
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