Voices of Fostering
Voices of Fostering brought to you by National Fostering Group.
Everyone’s life takes a different path. As children and young people decisions can be made for us that shape our lives forever – whether for good or bad. As adults, we have the opportunity to make our own choices. And what we choose can have a positive impact on us and the world around us. Particularly if one of those choices is fostering. When you listen to the stories of children and young people whose lives have been touched by foster carers, you start to see the impact that fostering can have. When you decide to foster, it’s hard to imagine just how big a difference you could make. Not just to the young people you foster, but rippling out into countless other lives. Your choice to foster could transform the life chances of some of the most vulnerable people in society. In this podcast, you’ll hear young people who were fostered, birth children and foster carers talking openly and candidly about their experiences. You’ll get to understand why fostering can be simultaneously the most rewarding and the most challenging thing you’ll ever do and why embarking on this extraordinary journey changes people forever. If you’ve ever been curious about what it really means to foster, what difference it really makes, you’ll find the answers here.
Voices of Fostering
Latest Episodes
Steve - Fostering While Working Full-Time
In this episode of Voices of Fostering, we sit down with Steve, who has been fostering alongside his wife for five years while working full-time at Transport for London. Steve shares how they balance a busy household of six children with hybrid...
Barrie - 11 Years as a Foster Carer
What happens when fostering starts by accident — and ends up becoming your life's greatest calling?In this episode of Voices of Fostering, Helen sits down with Barrie, a foster carer of over 11 years, who never planned to...
Suzanne - A First-Year Foster Carer's Story
In this episode of Voices of Fostering, Helen sits down with Suzanne — a foster carer who has just celebrated her one-year anniversary.Inspired by her own mum's fostering journey, Suzanne left a 16-year career in retail management...
Daniel - A Single Male's First Steps as a Foster Carer
In this episode of Voices of Fostering, Helen sits down with Dan — a single male foster carer who was only approved in January of this year.Dan shares his honest and inspiring journey from a long-term career at a supermarket head ...
Simon - Paying It Forward, an 11-Year Fostering Journey
In this episode of Voices of Fostering, Helen sits down with Simon — a foster carer of 11 years — to hear his remarkable story of turning personal experience into a life's purpose.Simon opens up about growing up in a turbulent hou...
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