Blogs Fostering

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.

Foster with Bucks, 03 August 2022 - Case study

This month, we spoke to 10-year-old Millie, whose mum is a Buckinghamshire short breaks carer, about what it’s like to be part of a fostering family.

Foster with Bucks, 02 August 2022 - Advice and support for foster carers

In Buckinghamshire, we are in high need of foster carers for siblings to keep brothers and sisters together. We caught up with one of our short-term foster carers, Judith, to ask some questions about her experiences caring for brothers and sisters with Foster with Bucks.

Foster with Bucks, 01 August 2022 - Case study

Both Julie and I grew up in middle-class families. We have three children together, who we cared for until they left home to make their way in the world. Most of the families we knew and socialised with were from a similar background, so to begin with we had little …