The Max Card scheme is a discount card which offers looked-after children and children with disabilities free or discounted entry into over 245 venues across the UK. We have exciting attractions such as Eureka, Dudley Zoo, and Tenpin Bowling kindly offering their sites to our Max Card users. At present, over 8,500 children are currently…
What do you like doing? How do you keep fit? Did you used to do more when you were younger? How many different things did you get the opportunity to try before you chose an activity that you really liked? Being human we are of course all different, we all have different abilities and we…
Is going abroad your idea of a holiday? Perhaps a budget caravan at the coast, or maybe camping under the stars! We all have our own ideas of what constitutes a family holiday. Does the place make the holiday, the people that go with you or is it just the fact that whilst on holiday…
It is a fact that children do go missing from home, whether they are in care or not. And that is a problem and a source for real concern. It is a problem because there are risks associated. Some of the risks are obvious and some not so. Most of us know what those risks…
An intention to become a foster carer is often carried around for several years, before actually being put into action. When we speak to people who contact us to find out more about fostering, or to apply to become a foster carer, they often say: ’I have been thinking about becoming a foster carer for…
Social Pedagogy at UK Fostering by Urs Bielmann, Director – UK Fostering How I came about it There are many different approaches to how we best support, guide and raise our children and young people. Social Pedagogy encompasses several elements which are particularly relevant and close to my heart. I studied Social Pedagogy in Switzerland…
Here is the second part to an article in December 2012 about Resilience in which we acknowledged how important this issue is for children in foster care. Why is resilience important Since resilience is about overcoming difficulties and ‘bouncing back’ it is obvious that, wherever resilience is asked for, something difficult has happened. For foster…
At UK Fostering we recognise that healthy and robust levels of resilience are incredibly important for children and young people who have had a difficult start in life. But many children in foster care need extra help to develop resilience from the people who are closest to them: the foster carers. Resilience is generally described…
In the second part of our series on supplements, Anastasia Stephens, nutrition advisor to UK Fostering recommends some leading super-foods. Taken from nutrient-rich natural sources, they’re packed with vitamins and minerals, but are much more easily digested. Many supplements sold in chemists and supermarkets contain synthetically manufactured vitamins which are difficult for the body to…
Should you give your kids vitamin supplements? 50-years of intensive farming methods mean our soil and our food isn’t as nutrient-rich as it once was. That means all of us could do with a vitamin boost, especially growing children, but there’s a catch. ‘The majority of vitamin supplements available contain synthetic vitamins that are difficult…