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Promoting Healthy Relationships Among Teenagers

A Guide for Foster Carers Healthy relationships are a crucial

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What’s a Fostering Panel really Like? Q&A with Fitzgerald Fostering Panel Vice Chair, Rob Wratten

If you’re thinking about fostering – or perhaps have already

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Types of Fostering: Siblings

On average, 30 – 40% of the referrals received for

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Foster Care Fortnight 2025

It’s Foster Care Fortnight, the UK’s biggest awareness raising campaign

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Skills to Foster Training

At Fitzgerald Fostering we recognise that many people are interested

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Parent Mental Health Day

Recently Parent Mental Health Day was held, an annual campaign

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Consider a career in fostering

According to a newly released survey by Indeed Flex, one

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Tips for Foster Carers: Overcoming Bullying

Research has shown that care-experienced young people and children are

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Tips for self-care for foster carers

As a foster carer, your wellbeing is just as important

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Choosing the right path for your fostering journey: independent fostering agency or local authority?

The journey to becoming a foster carer involves careful consideration,

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Fostering Children with Special Needs

Foster care has the power to transform the lives of

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Fostering LGBTQ+ Youth: Promoting Inclusivity and Acceptance with Fitzgerald Fostering

Foster care is a transformative experience that offers children and

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Foster Care Myths Debunked: Separating Fact from Fiction

There are numerous myths about fostering and being a foster

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How to successfully foster a teenager

Teenagers are often considered difficult and hard to handle, especially

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Why do foster carers quit?

The Social Market Foundation has estimated that the current number

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Fit to Foster medical

What is a fit to foster medical? A fit to

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Respite foster care

What is respite foster care? Respite foster care is used

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Fostering as a career

Is fostering a full-time job? Fostering is a job where

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What is short-term fostering?

Short-term fostering is temporary foster care for children or young

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Can I Foster if I Work Full Time?

Whether you can foster whilst working full-time depends on a

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Can You Foster as a Single Parent or Carer

There is often a misplaced myth that fostering is only

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How long does it take to become a foster parent?

Fostering a child might seem like a long and difficult

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What are fostering agencies?

An independent fostering agency is a voluntary or private organization

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What do fostering services look for on an initial visit?

Here at Fitzgerald Fostering we really look forward to meeting

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Caring with Pride – Fostering as LGBTQ Parents

We are delighted to see that Pride month 2021 has

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Emotional Health: Coping in the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions it has placed on

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Fostering – be the difference now.

Fostering is something that many people think about, but they

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Digital Safeguarding & Fostering

The ‘digital world’ (mobile phones, tablets, social media; the internet;

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