by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 13, 2022 | News
Fees and allowances paid to foster carers in Rotherham look set to rise. The council plans to boost payments from 50% to 100% for those caring for more than two children, in a bid to increase fostering in the town. A report to the authority, which is due to discuss...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 13, 2022 | News
The UK’s leading provider of support services to foster carers, is celebrating 18 years of supporting those who care. Founded in 2004, FosterTalk provide memberships, training and allegations support to over 40,000 foster carers, SGO’s, Kinship and...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 10, 2022 | News
SEVEN Thurrock foster carers had to be suspended despite a national shortage because of insufficient standards of care, it has been revealed. Dan Jones, Thurrock’s strategic lead for looked after children, gave an update on a fostering recruitment campaign to...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 7, 2022 | News
Kemi Martins’ foster mother used to tell her a story about her childhood; a story that helped explain what it was like to be the white English parent of a Black African child. Martins was a baby when it happened, so it would have been in the early 1970s. Her foster...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 29, 2022 | News
Foster carers in North Yorkshire are to be given an increase in their allowances for the second time this year to help counter the spiralling cost of living. North Yorkshire County Council have said ‘We have announced that we have taken the decision to introduce...
by FosterTalk Admin | Sep 29, 2022 | News
At this year’s FosterTalk Awards Worcestershire Children First Fostering was short-listed in three award categories: Foster Carer of the Year, the Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding commitment. Finalist, Janice Finnie of Worcestershire Children First...
