foster care

8 Apr 2026

Veteran foster carer honoured at Windsor Castle

Photo credit: Ian Jones Photography Over her 25‑year career as a foster carer for Ealing Council, Nina Samuel has welcomed more than 40 young …

20 Feb 2025

New ‘family’ network for foster carers

A foster carer has told of her excitement at a new support network based on creating an ‘extended family’ to help carers and the …

5 Dec 2024

Foster care: ‘They made us feel safe and protected’

A couple who have cared for a group of siblings for more than 7 years have been handed Ealing Council’s Foster Carer of the …

24 Oct 2024

New financial support for foster carers

Fostering households will receive a new package of support and rewards, to help recruit, and retain, more of the foster carers who do so …

28 Feb 2024

The unsung foster heroes

It is well-documented that foster carers do an amazing job, but what about the children who also share their home – and their parents’ …

30 Nov 2023

Ealing’s annual Foster Carers’ Awards

An Ealing teacher who has been fostering since 2017 has been named Ealing Council’s Foster Carer of the Year, at the borough’s annual foster …

13 Jul 2023

Are you or anyone you know private fostering?

If you or anyone you know are looking after a friend or relative’s child for 28 days or more, and the arrangement is made …

27 Feb 2023

Fostering: ‘You have to have a kind heart’

“It feels like it is like my purpose to look after the children,” said Amina Berhe, winner of the council’s Foster Carer of the …

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