StoriesBe inspiredFilmsWatch nowPodcastsListenOur latest stories Watch ‘Out There’, our stunning, new, collaborative film about fostering Five things to think about if you want to change career and become a foster carer Could your business become Fostering Friendly? Staff and foster carers take on the #JerusalemaChallenge! Young people in care share messages about being rooted in Reading Care Day 2021: Celebrating the achievements of Reading’s young people in care Keeping teenagers, like Jade, rooted in Reading Parent and child fostering: the practical bits Parent and child fostering: our foster carer tells you what it’s like “A teenager sends me a message and my heart melts!” Why we need more black foster carers in Reading “As a black foster carer, I may have more understanding of their cultural heritage” Epidsode 3 of our podcast, Care2Listen? Seven books to read if you’re thinking of fostering “We are now looking after a little boy who has complex special needs” We welcome LGBT+ foster carers 14 reasons why you should foster What support do I get as a foster carer? Are you an empty nester? Who can foster? Busting the myths Episode 2 of our new podcast “Fostering has been nothing but good for my family” How we support children in care ‘Everything I know is in Reading’ What about my children? Ready to foster? Here’s what happens next… Our foster carers remember their first night of fostering Introducing… our new podcast! “I’m a care leaver, here’s my story” “You’re the best mum I’ve ever had” “When the time was right for my own children, I became a foster carer” “It’s about the little things you can do to make a child feel at home” Like many foster carers, Maggie and Mike are “empty nesters” “I’m a foster sibling and I love making a difference” “I was expecting to be turned away because I was single, but that wasn’t the case at all” One of our social workers tells us what they look for in a foster carer
