Real stories
Let us introduce you to some of the wonderful people who decided to foster with our partners across the North East. Here they kindly share their own experiences of fostering, talk about the children they have looked after over the years and offer advice on what others considering fostering may want to know.
Shannon, Debra and Steven's long-term fostering stories
Debra and Martin share their long-term fostering story and Shannon a young person in their care, describes how fostering changed her life and her future plans.
Mel and Martin share experiences of fostering Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Mel and Martin share stories of the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and young people they have cared for and the unique lesson they learnt.
Foster carers Gary, Elizabeth and daughter share their stories
Gary and Elizabeth share emotional stories of fostering siblings and working with birth families. Plus, Elizabeth's daughter gives her views on what they do.
Julia and Mark's story
North East local authority foster carers Julia and Mark reflect on their 11 years in short term fostering, including caring for 27 babies. Hear their story.
Amy and Kim's story
Amy and Kim share their experiences of becoming foster carers in their early 20s after chatting to their local council fostering team at a Pride event.
Brother and sister Olivia and Harry and foster carer Paula's story
Hear from North East foster carer, Paula, plus Harry and Olivia the siblings she cares for as they share their experiences including staying in touch with family.
Claire, Olly, Billie & Hattie's story of fostering as a family with children at home
Foster carers Olly and Claire and daughters Billie and Hattie share their story of fostering with children at home and growing up with foster carer parents
A day in the life of long-term foster carers Lesley and Stephen
Lesley and Stephen are long-term foster carer for a 10 year old girl who has lived with them for three years. In this article they give us an insight into a day in their life and how they balance fostering and grandparent duties.
From IFA to council fostering - foster carer Nicola's story
Nicola talks to us about why she transferred from being a foster carer with an Independent Fostering Agency to becoming a carer with her local authority.
Sharen and Lee's fostering journey from a lightbulb moment to family life
Meet North East foster carers Sharen and Lee who balance work and fostering to care for two young people - firstly as short term then long-term foster carers.
Francie's story - caring for teens and UASC fostering
Meet single North East foster parent Francie and the UASC young person she cares for. Hear how they've overcome challenges and shared laughs along the way.
Lisa and Stephen's story
We are delighted to share our very first Foster with North East video case study - here we meet Lisa and Stephen, short break foster carers who share with us their experiences of life as foster carers and how this fits into their family life.
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