https://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpg00richhttps://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpgrich2016-08-29 09:55:412016-08-29 09:58:03Can I foster if I don't have my own children?
https://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpg00richhttps://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpgrich2016-08-29 09:54:272016-08-29 09:54:27Can I foster if I am lesbian?
https://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpg00richhttps://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpgrich2016-08-29 09:52:332016-08-29 09:52:33Can I foster if I am bisexual?
We know fostering can change young people’s lives forever but it’s always good to see the evidence stacking up to prove it. A joint study by the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol in 2015 found that children who live with foster parents did better than those who remained with their own families […]
‘Paperwork is not my thing but the way I got through the fostering process was to remember why I was doing it. Not only did I want to foster a child but the approval process is necessary to make sure the child in care is safeguarded – most have already gone through a lot of […]
https://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shutterstock_245842036.jpg36485472richhttps://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpgrich2016-08-28 20:12:052016-08-28 21:35:43I know I’d make a good foster parent, but I don’t want to go through all the bureaucracy
‘I love fostering and I’ve done it now for 15 years mostly as a single parent after my first marriage broke down. I was never really interested in meeting someone else and then of course as they always say, when I least expected it, I met Ian,’ said Kerry, from Devon. Kerry’s situation is not […]
https://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shutterstock_399012208.jpg37445616richhttps://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpgrich2016-08-16 20:16:062016-08-28 21:35:26I’m single, what if I meet the right person whilst a foster carer?
‘I love fostering, I truly do, but when my foster child asked for chips for dinner every night, I did get exasperated’, says Trudy, 32, from South London. ‘I knew he needed to start eating healthily but it has been a real struggle to get him to – it did make me feel like I […]
https://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shutterstock_432516475-1.jpg37445616richhttps://www.greaterlondonfostering.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GLF-20-Years-180x180.jpgrich2016-08-12 20:17:482016-08-28 21:35:04I can’t get my foster child to eat healthy food –help!
Can I foster if I don’t have my own children?
/0 Comments/in fostering myths, fostering questions /by richCan I foster if I am lesbian?
/0 Comments/in fostering myths, fostering questions /by richCan I foster if I am bisexual?
/0 Comments/in fostering myths, fostering questions /by richEducation, education, education
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, fostering news /by richWe know fostering can change young people’s lives forever but it’s always good to see the evidence stacking up to prove it. A joint study by the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol in 2015 found that children who live with foster parents did better than those who remained with their own families […]
I know I’d make a good foster parent, but I don’t want to go through all the bureaucracy
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, fostering myths /by rich‘Paperwork is not my thing but the way I got through the fostering process was to remember why I was doing it. Not only did I want to foster a child but the approval process is necessary to make sure the child in care is safeguarded – most have already gone through a lot of […]
I’m single, what if I meet the right person whilst a foster carer?
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, foster carer blog /by rich‘I love fostering and I’ve done it now for 15 years mostly as a single parent after my first marriage broke down. I was never really interested in meeting someone else and then of course as they always say, when I least expected it, I met Ian,’ said Kerry, from Devon. Kerry’s situation is not […]
I can’t get my foster child to eat healthy food –help!
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, fostering news, fostering questions /by rich‘I love fostering, I truly do, but when my foster child asked for chips for dinner every night, I did get exasperated’, says Trudy, 32, from South London. ‘I knew he needed to start eating healthily but it has been a real struggle to get him to – it did make me feel like I […]