by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 21, 2022 | News
FosterTalk released the findings from their 2022 Cost of Living Crisis survey which had over 4000 respondents. The findings revealed that 43 per cent of respondents were considering ceasing fostering in the next two years if additional financial assistance was not...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 21, 2022 | News
Foster carers working directly with the council are receiving extra cash to help as the cost of living rises, councillors were told this week. Officials told councillors that those foster carers tended to received more than those who had signed up with an independent...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 5, 2022 | Blog
Robbie Seale is the Executive Producer & Podcast Host at FASD (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Family Life podcast and lives in Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area of Canada with her husband Rob. She is the mother of five children, including three teens with...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog
Marcus Phoenix shares his story as a care leaver going to university. University can be a major step for any young person, but for care leavers, it can be filled with extra trepidation as Marcus Phoenix, a second year student at Teeside University and care leaver...
by FosterTalk Admin | Aug 30, 2022 | News
Changes to how foster carers are being taxed and the allowances they receive need to be put in place to help them tackle record inflation, a report is warning. The report is based on the views of more than 4,000 foster carers and highlights the impact of that the...
