Blogs Fostering

Foster with Bucks, 15 September 2022 - Events

As part of our Black History Month celebrations, we are looking at some delicious recipes from around the world. Serve rice and peas as a side with Caribbean-style jerk chicken, or other barbecued meats. The 'peas' are actually kidney beans!

Foster with Bucks, 08 September 2022 - Advice and support for foster carers

Jollof Rice is a colourful rice dish that originates from Ghana and Nigeria, but is celebrated across all of West Africa, and is a sure hit with family and friends.

Foster with Bucks, 12 August 2022 - Advice and support for foster carers

Sarah and her husband Rich both work full time and have been fostering for nearly 3 years. Sarah is a primary school teacher and spoke to us about how she juggles a full-time career with caring for two sisters long-term.

Foster with Bucks, 11 August 2022 - Case study

Jenson and Frankie’s parents, Dee and Charlie, are foster carers for Buckinghamshire Council. We spoke to them about their experience looking after Amelie, a 10-month-old little girl who came to live with the family at 9 weeks old. They have been supported by our fantastic Child and Family workers, Jackie …

Foster with Bucks, 10 August 2022 - Case study

We asked Jo how she juggles being a single foster carer with having a social life and what advice she’d have for anyone considering fostering.

Foster with Bucks, 08 August 2022 - Case study

Melissa and John were approved as foster carers late last year, and open up about how they’ve found the experience so far.

Foster with Bucks, 07 August 2022 - Case study

As part of our recent It Takes A Village event, which celebrated and discussed supporting children and young people with additional needs and disabilities, we interviewed 22-year-old Jess. Jess was born with foetal alcohol syndrome. Jess moved in with Liz, David and family at 8 and is still living with …

Foster with Bucks, 06 August 2022 - Case study

Aaron’s parents have been fostering for 10 years. Though he has now moved out, we spoke to Aaron about what it was like growing up in a foster family.

Foster with Bucks, 05 August 2022 - Advice and support for foster carers

Maggie, a Bucks foster carer of over 20 years, is currently fostering a teenage girl on a long-term basis. After three years of fostering exclusively teenagers, we asked Maggie about her experiences and what advice she had for people who find the thought of fostering teenagers a bit daunting.

Foster with Bucks, 04 August 2022 - Advice and support for foster carers

In Buckinghamshire, we urgently need to recruit foster carers to care for older children and teenagers. We spoke to Sheila, who has been fostering teenagers with Bucks for 20 years, about her experiences negotiating social media, responsibility and independence when fostering teens.