foster

11 May 2026

‘I grew up with foster children, now I have my own’

To mark Foster Care Fortnight (11–24 May), local carers are sharing their experiences to encourage more people in the borough to consider fostering. Foster …

4 Sep 2025

Fostering couple go national…

A portrait of the borough’s foster carers of the year will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery, following a story about the …

18 Jun 2025

Finding a safe place for refugee children

“He called me ‘Auntie’ and said, ‘This is my home’,” said a local foster carer about a refugee boy who came to stay after …

13 May 2025

Foster Care Fortnight: make a difference

Meet Zeinab, the council’s Foster Carer of the Year 2024, whose journey shows just how life-changing fostering can be — for the children, and …

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 …

17 Dec 2024

Fostering: a carer’s story

“I always wanted to foster, I love children, and I have the patience to listen. I was often a mother figure to my younger …

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 …

8 May 2024

‘Moments like these are the reason I foster’

Themed ‘Fostering Moments’, this year’s Foster Care Fortnight, 13-26 May, shines a light on the incredible moments foster carers create in the lives of …