Fostering stories and news
Stories from our fostering carers and find out what’s happening in our fostering community.
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- Phil and Gail are two of our borough's fantastic foster carers. Gail discusses the reason they decided to foster and their journey in our latest video.
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- Fay and Rob talk about balancing foster care with work, taking care of children from different backgrounds, and some of the foster carer stereotypes they're proud to be breaking down!
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- Lydia grew up in care from the age of 6. Now as an adult she works with cared for children and has kindly shared her story about her experiences in care and her advice to potential new foster carers.
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- Michelle and Sharon have been fostering for four years. They share their story about their experience of fostering teenagers and why they believe fostering siblings is beneficial for everyone.
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- Heather, from Leigh, decided to become a foster carer after her children left home a few years ago. She shares her journey making her decision to apply to be a foster carer.
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- Ghani arrived in the UK in 2018 when he was just 15 years old. Originally from Afghanistan, he shares his story about moving to the UK and being support by Wigan Council's leaving care team.
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- Deb gave up her job at a residential home to become a foster carer. In her video she talks about why she thinks being a foster carer is the best job in the world and the Mockingbird programme.