This year marks 50 years of Pride celebrations in the UK! Gay Pride did however start a few years earlier in the USA, where the first LGBT Pride march was coordinated by Brenda Howard, known as the “Mother of Pride”. She also initiated the idea of a programme of weeklong events around the Pride march.…
Today is World Foster Day! World Foster Day is held annually on 31 May and is an amazing global initiative that was started in 2018 and has increasingly gained momentum and traction over the past few years. Today we want to highlight and thank all the families and individuals who have raised their hands to…
The Queen’s Jubilee let’s celebrate with a party! Her Majesty has given this country 70 years of loyal service and she, and the rest of us, deserve to have a good time celebrating. As a community, our road wanted to make this occasion one to remember and celebrate. A small group of residents met to…
As a foster carer, you may be caring for a child that may need some extra support to express themselves or manage their emotions. Here are a couple of great creative ideas that you may like to explore, to help children and young people of all ages with some of these issues. Working on these…
Reflecting on the theme of this year’s Foster Care Fortnight, we at the UK Fostering work feel that we work hard to create an environment in which all, whether you are a foster carer, young person, staff member or external colleague, can feel part of the UK Fostering community. For us at the UK Fostering…
