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
Kathryn - Life as a Fostering Social Worker
In this episode of Voices of Fostering, host Helen sits down with Kathryn, a Supervising Social Worker at the National Fostering Group with an incredible 16 years of experience in the role.Kathryn takes us through her remar...
Fiza - 12 Years of Therapeutic Fostering and Lasting Bonds
Fiza returns to Voices of Fostering to share what's changed in the year since her last visit — and it's a lot. Now almost 12 years into her fostering journey, she opens up about caring for a young person through therapeutic parenting, including...
Stephen - Life as a Stay-Over Foster Carer
In this episode of Voices of Fostering, we sit down with Stephen, a retired father of two who found an unexpected calling in stay-over foster care. After spotting an advert in a charity shop window, Stephen went from browsing to becoming an app...
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...
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