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05
Jun
Jun
Foster Care Fortnight – 5 Peaks Challenge
Well done to all our Fostering and Adoption Team and Foster Carers who took on a 5 Peaks Challenge for ‘Foster Care Fortnight’ – raising mone...
02
Jun
Jun
Suzie shares her Fostering for Adoption story
Suzie*, a 49 year-old primary school teacher from Shepton Mallet, became a single adoptive mum to Rosie* through Fostering for Adoption. Here is her account of...
31
May
May
Can I have a pet if I’m a Foster Carer?
Think you can’t have a pet if you’re a foster carer? Let our favourite ‘Furry Foster Carer’ Sonny change your mind.
29
May
May
Fostering and Adoption Mascot gets set on St George’s Day
Families enjoyed a day of fun and excitement on Sunday 23 April, when sporting and charity mascots from all over the South West joined forces for a very specia...
26
May
May
Nerf Blasting Fun In Street!
Children of Somerset foster carers were treated by Somerset County Council to an energetic day out on Tuesday (11 April), enjoying some Nerf Blasting fun in St...
22
May
May
‘Lean on Me’ Somerset Fostering Choir
Somerset foster carers and Somerset County Council staff took part in a ‘flash mob’ in the heart of Taunton to raise awareness of the need for more...
19
May
May
Lilly and Jessica share their experience for LGBT Fostering and Adoption Week
Our foster child says: “Having Rules makes me feel safe”
Jessica and I have been together for about eight years. We share our home with our so...
30
Mar
Mar
Foster carers tell it like it is – for Somerset Fostering Week
Somerset foster carers give an honest account of the ‘Top Ten’ qualities people need to be amazing carers, to celebrate Somerset Fostering Week...
27
Mar
Mar
Foster carers needed for asylum seeking children in Somerset
Caring and committed foster families are being sought to provide safe homes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children being resettled in Somerset.
Somerse...
23
Mar
Mar
Trudy & Matt’s YouTube Fostering blog
Trudy and Matt Patch are among Somerset County Council’s younger foster caring couples. They currently live in Frome a...
16
Mar
Mar
Young Foster Carers – Trudy & Matt’s Vlog
Episode Two of an enthusiastic Somerset Fostering couple’s new, documentary-style fostering video blog, giving an insight into their fostering experie...
