fostering

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 …

20 Jun 2025

‘It’s like having another family member’

Shared Lives Week runs from Monday 23 June to Friday 27 June 2025. Ahead of the week we’re shining a spotlight on a local …

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 …

1 Aug 2024

Great news and summer fun

As school holidays begin and as many of you begin to wind down over the summer, I’m thrilled to share some great news about …

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 …

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 …

15 May 2023

Fortnight to find out if you could foster too

Foster Care Fortnight begins today (15 May) and arrives at a time when more carers are needed to foster children in the borough. Could …

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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fostering

Fostering couple go national…

‘It’s like having another family member’

New ‘family’ network for foster carers

Fostering: a carer’s story

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

New financial support for foster carers

Great news and summer fun

‘Moments like these are the reason I foster’

The unsung foster heroes

Ealing’s annual Foster Carers’ Awards

Fortnight to find out if you could foster too

Fostering: ‘You have to have a kind heart’

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