Blogs Fostering
Category: Case study
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Meet the Team: Recruitment Assistant Team Manager, Andy Turner
In the first of a new series, we get to know the team at Foster with Bucks. In this first episode, we meet Andy Turner, who is the Assistant Team Manager in the Recruitment Team.
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Jenson (9) and Frankie (7) spoke to us about what it is like to live in a fostering family
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 …
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Short-term Foster Carer Jo shares her experiences fostering with Buckinghamshire Council
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.
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The Adventures of Newly Approved Foster Carers, Melissa and John
Melissa and John were approved as foster carers late last year, and open up about how they’ve found the experience so far.
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22-year-old Jess opens up about growing up with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder and finding her family through being fostered
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 …
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Son of Bucks Foster Carer, Aaron, shares his experience of growing up in a fostering family
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.
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Millie, aged 10, shares her experiences growing up in a Fostering family
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.
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Buckinghamshire Council's carers Julie and Mark discuss how their Faith led them to Fostering
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 …
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