Give a child a brighter future
We’re celebrating the role foster carers play in making childhood amazing for our young people. From making memories to celebrating achievements and helping them build the skills for a brighter future, where they can be whatever they want to be.
Meet our care leavers
Skye, Amy* and Kaycee are all care leavers who were looked after by Team Fostering foster carers. Nothing tells the impact of fostering better than hearing it from the mouths of those children who were impacted so have a read of their stories below.
*name changed to protect identity
Skye's story
Skye describes how foster carer Patsy welcomed her into her home and was there for her every step of the way on her journey to becoming a critical care nurse.
Amy's story
Amy’s life changed when she went to live with foster carer Kate. She talks about how her support made her the person she is today and her journey to join the police.
Kaycee's story
Kaycee explains how foster carer Kate supported her through a difficult time in education towards her role as a deputy manager in a residential children’s home.
Meet our Team
If you enquire about becoming a foster carer with us, you might wonder who you’ll get to talk to about your fostering journey.
Meet Emma and Yazmin – our two Recruitment and Engagement Officers. If you fill in our online enquiry form it’s highly likely it’ll be one of them who gives you a call back for a chat. And believe us, they like a chat.
They also like to get out and about in the local community – find out if they will be somewhere near you here.
Watch the videos to get to know them a bit better.