Fostering - Who Cares?
Who cares about children & young people in foster care? We do! Take a walk alongside those caring for and working with children & young people in foster care and hear about some of the highs and lows of fostering with some hilarious moments along the way.
Episodes
4 episodes
Fostering - Who Cares? Foster Care Fortnight: Why Adele and her family chose to foster.
Families First Podcast hosts Louise Harkin & Jon Clayton are joined by experienced therapeutic foster parent Adele to hear about her journey into fostering, how fostering has impacted her birth children and how there is always more to learn...
E3 Fostering - Who Cares? Brightstar: Changing lives through boxing, education and mentoring.
In this episode we are joined by the founder of Brightstar - Joe Lockley to hear about how this inspiring organisation has helped thousands of young people to overcome many challenges and access education.Brightstar: Changing lives th...
E2 Fostering - Who Cares?: What about our Care Leavers?
In this episode we hear from Ricci about his own lived experiences both as a care leaver and also an experienced Therapeutic foster parent. Ricci and Louise explore the challenges faced by care leavers and what changes and support is needed to ...
E1 Fostering - Who Cares?: What is Therapeutic Fostering?
What is Therapeutic Fostering? Join experienced therapeutic foster parent Jon and Operations Manager Louise to find out what it takes to be a therapeutic foster parent. Hear their lived experiences and discover some of the rewards and challenge...