StoriesBe inspiredFilmsWatch nowPodcastsListenOur latest stories An eggs-citing Easter egg hunt for our foster families Brighter Futures for Children’s fostering service improves to ‘Good’ Are YOU the person or family our fostering team is looking for? Help Rudolph find a foster mummy and daddy 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
