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9 September 2016
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anne-Marie Evans who joins Family Fostering Partners as a Senior Supervising Social Worker. Originally from the Swansea area, Anne-Marie now lives with her husband, their three year old daughter and one year old son in the Ammanford area , where she will be a familiar face to many foster parents…
read more17 August 2016
We are hugely proud to announce that we are on the All Wales Framework Agreement Relating to the Provision of Foster Care Services for Children and Young People. This news is important to for both existing and potential foster carers. The All Wales Fostering Framework (South and Mid Wales) consists of only 15 providers spread across three tiers.Not…
read more10 June 2016
Hot from our success at Gung Ho, Family Fostering Partners fielded a strong team of both staff and foster carers to compete in the Welsh Dragon Boat Championship. (The combined age of our team was over 700!!!). This was one of a series of events that has raised a significant amount of money for the Paul Satori Foundation,…
read more10 June 2016
On a wet and muddy Saturday morning the Family Fostering Partners team set off on a 5k race through a Cardiff park, to tackle huge inflatable obstacles. It was a great opportunity to publicise fostering and talk to lots of people about the need for more foster carers. There were some of the team who saw it as…
read more10 June 2016
It has been said (rather unkindly I think) that Judith has the perfect face for Radio and this was put to the test recently when Family Fostering Partners were offered the opportunity to discuss fostering and the need to recruit new foster carers on the Jason Muhammed show on Radio Wales. Judith was accompanied by one of our…
read more28 April 2016
It is a bit off our patch but if you want a fun day out in the capital come and support our team. We are all taking part in Gung Ho, an event based around a huge inflatable “Total Wipeout” -style course set out over 5k. Teams will be tackling giant inflatable obstacles including the 48ft-tall slide, dodging…
read more23 October 2015
Is being a foster carer a job, a vocation, a profession or all of these things? Defining exactly what fostering is, can be the challenge that makes recruiting foster carers a difficult and expensive task, and is one of the reasons why Wales has such a shortage of foster carers. This shortage of carers makes matching child and…
read more23 October 2015
After taking part in an online survey for “Foster Insure”, we are thrilled to have won a £100 donation to the charity of our choice. We decided to donate the cash to www.elephant-family.org a small but hugely ambitious charity that works specifically to protect and conserve Asian Elephants and their habitat. As our mascots Buttons and Blue are…
read more1 October 2015
Family Fostering Partners is excited to be a part of the Young Achievers Awards which are being organised and promoted by Radio Carmarthenshire and Scarlet FM throughout October. The Young Achiever Awards are a great way of celebrating the achievements of young people across Carmarthenshire, recognising and rewarding their contribution to their communities. We are sponsoring the Young…
read more24 August 2015
Where else would you expect the Family Fostering Partners team to be when they want to talk to a lot of people about becoming foster carers in the shortest possible time? The Pembrokeshire Show naturally. The Pembrokeshire County Show took place 18th to 20th August at the county showground in Haverfordwest and despite the mixed weather, the show…
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When we talk about outcomes for children in care, it’s easy to focus on schools, achievements or short term goals. But what often makes the biggest difference is something less visible. It is the strength of the support system around them. For children entering care, stability does not come from…
read moreIf you’re wondering how to do foster care without any experience of raising children, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common worries we hear from people thinking about fostering in Wales. And it makes sense. Caring for a child who has been through difficult experiences can feel like…
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