World Social Work Day 2022

World Social Work Day 2022

World Social Work Day is a chance to shine a light and give thanks to Social Workers for everything they do to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable children, families and communities across the globe. Here at FosterTalk, we have a wonderful team of...
Living With Lisa – Helping with Hygiene

Living With Lisa – Helping with Hygiene

Welcome to FosterTalk’s monthly Foster Care Blog by Foster Carer, Lisa Scott. This month, Lisa shares her experiences and top tips on helping children with hygiene. Hi everyone, I feel it’s really important to discuss hygiene in this month’s blog as it can be a...
Allow your Faith to be Stronger than your Fear

Allow your Faith to be Stronger than your Fear

Previously published in our Autumn 21members magazine, FosterTalk editor Laura Smithers spoke to Gemma Creamer about her life to date and where her desire for the field of law came from. This is the second edition of our ‘Real Lives, Real People’ series. I was lucky...
Keeping Siblings Together in Care

Keeping Siblings Together in Care

The recent BBC3 programme, Split up in Care – Life Without Siblings documented BBC reporter Ashley John-Baptiste’s story of growing up in Foster Care and spending most of his life believing he was an only child. In his mid 20’s everything changed when Ashley received...
Living With Lisa – IT & Internet awareness

Living With Lisa – IT & Internet awareness

Welcome to FosterTalk’s monthly blog by Foster Career, Lisa Scott.This month, Lisa shares her experiences and top tips on internet safety. So, I class myself as a complete dinosaur when it comes to IT. I can’t always blame my age, just that I often act ignorant and am...
Living With Lisa – Caring at Christmas

Living With Lisa – Caring at Christmas

Welcome to our monthly blog with Foster Carer Lisa Scott. This month, Lisa shares her experience of caring for children at Christmas. Can you genuinely believe that Christmas has rolled round again so quickly? This should be a “Joyous” time of year to celebrate and...