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11/11/2025

Importance of a Back-Up Foster Carer and Your Support Network

When you start your fostering journey, you quickly discover that fostering children and young people brings immense rewards and unique challenges. As…

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23/04/2025

Siblings in foster care – keeping children together

When children come into care, this is a challenging time and can be difficult for many. This is why the family bonds…

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Embracing Faith in Fostering
19/04/2025

Embracing Faith in Fostering: Respecting Beliefs and Creating a Supportive Home

Faith can be a deeply personal and powerful source of strength—especially during life’s more challenging moments. For many people entering the world…

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21/01/2025

Foster Carer Recruitment Targets

Seventy-five percent of the 100,437 children in care in the UK today reside with foster families. Due to the inability to find…

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29/09/2024

Fostering in TV & Film

For many years, TV series and films have featured themes related to fostering and foster care. These TV shows and films have…

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27/09/2024

Applying to be a foster carer

Are you interested in fostering? Do you want to apply to foster with Beacon Fostering but you are unsure how to? During…

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03/07/2024

What do foster children require the most?

Are you interested in fostering? It is important to be aware what it means to be a foster carer and what the…

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Fostering Siblings

Have you ever thought about fostering siblings? When any child goes into foster care, it is extremely tough for them, but this…

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