THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ROUTES INTO BECOMING A FOSTER CARER.. FOR HARRY, IT WAS A CHANCE MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOSTERING AGENCY. WHEN THEY VISITED THE COMPANY WHERE HE WORKED. THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. HARRY, 44, ADMITS HE HAD NEVER CONSIDERED THE IDEA OF CARING FOR CHILDREN BEFORE THAT DAY. AS A SINGLE…
OVER MY sixteen years as a police officer I have seen the sad truth of what goes on behind some doors. I remember visiting one address that absolutely broke my heart. The cupboards were bare, the floors and walls covered in faeces, there were no beds to sleep on or food in the cupboards. Needles…
The Trust Contract Fostering is like free climbing. It’s exciting, it can be really great fun and give you a sense of achievement, BUT it can be risky and requires you to be constantly assessing your ‘route’. You don’t foster for the money, prestige, or thanks. You do it because you care and…
So what do you tell a child that’s pleading with you to say everything will be OK? Their pink, pinched face etched with tears and eyes welling up at the thought of school on Monday. That’s what I was faced with one evening in October three years ago, when my sevenyear-old broke down sobbing,…
One word I learnt when Covid-19 attacked… Covid-19 itself is a new word in the world’s vocabulary. It has brought with it words and terms we had not known… LOCK DOWN This is a compound word, consisting of two equally negative sounding words, “Lock” and “Down”. Prior to current times, using a word like this…
Hi, I’m Lornna and I’ve been a Foster Carer for nearly 6 years, that’s 2080 day, or 2,955,200 minutes and counting! Within this time, I have never been without a child in my care and I’m fortunate enough to have experienced the highs and lows that raising a child brings. I’ve learnt so much and…
Let’s keep fit together with fun workouts that gets the heart beating and strengthens a range of muscle groups. These are great fun to do together, and you can also keep a league board where you mark down how many reps you manage in the allocated time. You can celebrate improvement and monitor progress over…
Who doesn’t crave cold soda and warm sugary drinks at times? But not only are these expensive, compared to water, they can also affect your health says Sarah Rodrigues. The human body may seem substantial – a mass of bone, muscle and skin – but as we know, it is largely made up of water. …
Do you find your mind has a mind of its own? Does it tear around even when you ask it to focus on your studies? Try Mindfulness, suggests Sarabsri. Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment. In fact, it is even more than dragging your attention to what you are doing because Mindfulness asks…
