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.
Episodes
Serwari - Fostering, Resilience, and Community
Robert - From Fostering to Storytelling
Robert - Building Families Through Fostering
Hazel - Guiding New Foster Carers
Joanne, Oliver and Max: The life of a fostering family
Julie - Empowering Foster Families
Derek - 29 Kids and Counting
Meshak - Inside the National Fostering Group Book Club
Gill - What is the Fostering Panel?
Patrice Lawrence - The Journey of Storytelling
Our special episode with Ashley John-Baptiste
Valda - Building Positive Foundations
Joann - Key Insights from an Assessment Manager
Serwari - Market Stall to Fostering
Paul - Fostering a Child with Autism
Lloyd and Mary - Transferring to National Fostering Group
Pat - One Year Later
Darren and Kate - Exploring the Mockingbird Program
Ali - My Mum was fostered!
Tariq - Challenging Myths in the Muslim Community
Barney - A 16-Year Reflection
Tim - My Role as a Support Worker
Fiza - Creating a Warm Welcome
Garreth and Maya - A Daughters Perspective
Lucy - We are a family of foster carers!