Watch the videos for inspiration and deeper insights into fostering. We have real local Reading foster carers sharing their experiences alongside professionally produced story-based awareness films, plus some audio clips of conversations with carers and also with children in care.
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Local films with local foster carers
For this year’s Foster Care Fortnight, we caught up with two of our foster carers, Ben and Anna, to hear their unique stories about fostering with us in Reading.
Anna
Ben
National awareness-raising films
Every area faces challenges to keep children in their local community when they have to go into care. The below films have been professionally produced in collaboration with 56 local authorities across the UK.
The Run
Shining a light on the life-changing impact of fostering
Everything
What you do with your life can forever change someone else’s.
Childhood
Highlighting the impact of neglect on children and the role of foster care in giving every child a childhood.
Out There
This short film highlights the ways fostering can make a difference to the lives of everyone involved, from the children and young people who live with foster carers, to those who come forward to care for them.
Real people, real stories
Watch the interviews below to hear the real-life perspectives of Reading foster carers ranging from why you should take the step to foster, to how it’s impacted their lives and their family around them.
