Fostering a disabled child
The role of an independent fostering agency
What support is available for foster carers?
How to choose a foster care agency
Foster Care Fortnight: How to raise awareness about children in foster care
Can I choose who I foster?
How to foster
What are the benefits of fostering with an independent fostering agency?
What happens when a child is taken into care?
Fostering process: what happens on an initial home visit?
Can you foster if you have mental health issues?
Fostering with local authority vs independent agency
Interview: Life as a foster parent during the pandemic
A complete guide to becoming a foster carer
Becoming A Foster Carer
Benefits of becoming a foster parent
What is a Care Leaver?
What is a Foster Carer?
What is Foster Care?
Do I become a Foster Carer?
Fostering Regulations
How much do Foster Parents get paid?
How to Foster a Child
How long does it take to become a Foster Carer?
How to foster – everything you ever wanted to know
Facts about Foster Care
What are the Foster Care requirements?
Foster Care Handbook
Foster Carer Job Description
Changing IFA - Transferring to Capstone
Fostering Definition
Foster Care Statistics
What does Every Child Matters Mean for Foster Parents?
Fostering Stories
Fostering Children UK
Children needing Fostering
Reasons for a child to be taken into Care
Fostering as a Career
Looked after Children
A guide to fostering assessments
LGBTQ+ Fostering
Equality, Inclusion & Anti-discriminatory Practice in Foster Care
What can disqualify you from foster care?
Can you foster if you’re on benefits?
Top transferable job skills to become a foster carer
Fostering as a same sex couple
Fostering while renting
Is there an age limit for fostering in the UK?
Do foster carers get a pension?
How to foster a child: A step by step guide
Can I foster if...?
Mythbusting the top 10 Foster Care Myths
Can I foster if I am disabled?
LGBT Fostering Mythbusting
Can I foster if I have pets?
Can I Foster A Child?
Can I Foster and Work?
Can you Foster with a Criminal Record
Can Single People Foster?
LGBT Family and Foster Care
Fostering across Cultures
Muslim Fostering
Christian Foster Care
Sikh Fostering
Empty Nest Syndrome and Foster Care
Can I Foster?
Fostering Babies and Young Children
Fostering Babies - Myths
Focusing on Parent & Child Fostering
Fostering Siblings
Fostering Teenagers
Fostering Teenagers - Breaking down the Myths
Fostering Unaccompanied and Asylum Seeking Children
Mother and Baby Foster Placements
Private Fostering
Therapeutic Fostering - Multi-disciplinary Assessment Treatment & Therapy Service (MATTS)
Young Children Fostering Placements
Difference between short and long-term fostering
Reunification and Birth Parents: A Guide for Foster Carers
How to prepare a child for becoming a care leaver
Children who foster: impact of fostering on birth children
How to prepare your home for a foster child
How to help a lonely child: A Guide for Foster Carers
What are the National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services?
10 tips for foster children’s education
How to prepare your foster child for secondary school
Tips for coping when foster placements end
Tips for foster parents during Coronavirus
What happens if foster parents get divorced?
5 ways to manage Mother’s Day with foster children
Tips for managing foster children’s bedtime routines
How to handle foster child bullying
Fostering allowances and the gender pay gap
What discounts can foster carers get?
How to adopt from Foster Care
5 ways to manage Fathers Day for children in foster care
8 most common fostering challenges
Supporting foster children’s contact with birth families
A guide to independent fostering
Keeping Children Safe Online: A Guide For Foster Carers
Foster Care in TV and Film
Play-based learning strategies for foster carers
A Guide to the Staying Put Program
How to deal with empty nest syndrome
How to recognise signs of depression in foster children
Can you take a foster child on holiday?
Tips and advice on fostering with a disability
10 tips on connecting with your Foster Child
Fostering vs Adoption - What's the difference?
How Fostering can change a future
How to adopt from Foster Care
How to encourage children to read in Foster Care
How to prepare a Foster Child's bedroom
Reading and Storytelling with Babies and Young Children
Supporting Children's Learning
The 20 most recommended books Foster Carers and young people should read
Things you can do when your children leave home
The impact of early childhood traumas on adolescence and adulthood
Anxious Disorders in Foster Children
What is sexual abuse and sexual violence
Foster Child behaviour management strategies
Foster Parent Advice: What to expect in your first year of fostering
Capstone's twelve tips at Christmas
10 celebrities who grew up in Foster Care
Celebrating our Children and Young People
Could Millenials be the solution to the Foster Care crisis?
Do you work in Emergency Services?
Form F Assessor and Assessment Training
Foster Care Fortnight
Improving Children's Welfare - Celebrating Universal Children's Day
It's time to talk about Mental Health and Foster Care
New Year - New Career - Become a Foster Carer
Promoting the rights and wellbeing of persons with Disabilities
Refugee Week
Young people and Mental Health in a changing world
Young People Charities
Foster Care Fortnight runs throughout the month of May to recognise and acknowledge foster parents, volunteers, family members, child welfare professionals and other members of the foster care community who help to find foster children permanent homes and connections.
Each May brings around a collective approach amongst the foster care community to share news of the department of fostering and to help others learn more about fostering and potentially becoming a foster parent or family.
Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s largest annual campaign to help raise the profile of fostering launched by The Fostering Network. The campaign was established in 1997 to acknowledge the commitment and dedication of foster carers nationwide. This year, the campaign will run between 15th-28th May and will follow the theme of #FosteringCommunities.
Foster Care Fortnight is a great way to make a positive impact on the lives of children in foster care and to be their voice. The Fostering Network offers a wide range of resources for this year's campaign which you can access online. Whilst there are several other organisations you can get involved with to support Foster Care Fortnight, there are other ways you can actively raise awareness.
Here at Capstone, we recommend the best way to help raise awareness is by familiarising yourself with the foster care and how the system works.
The Fostering Network have many events throughout the campaign that you can take part in. From celebratory brunches and quiz nights to educational workshops and webinars – there is something for everyone to take part in. Find out more about the events local to you here.
The easiest way to raise awareness on a larger scale is by making use of the power of social media. Continuously posting messages of the campaign throughout the month of May on Instagram and Facebook can make a huge impact and help reach a wider demographic.
This year's theme, like last year, is #FosteringCommunities – we encourage you to share your story and help spread the word about #FC23 by using our hashtags, tagging us on our social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook and YouTube) and making use of the social media graphics and resources available.
The most direct way to help children in foster care is by donating on behalf of the cause. Whatever the donation, there are many charities and organisations for you to choose from that will all go towards positively changing a young child’s life for the better.
Consider reaching out to your local community – small businesses, local shops and council to display promotional materials, posters, leaflets or displays to help share the campaigns message and raise more awareness. Fact sheets, key statistics and success stories are a great way to get the message across to your local community and encourage them to take part.
Why not volunteer to take part in Foster Walk, the annual sponsored walk held by The Fostering Network. The walk aims to encourage everyone in the community to take part to help raise awareness and funds for foster care within the UK. Collectively, we can make a larger impact.
Sebastian and Patrick Quinn became foster parents just before the Covid pandemic and after thorough research, decided Capstone Foster Care would be their agency of choice. They have since fostered 9 children and have said it’s the best decision they have ever made, urging others to follow in their footsteps.
Kerry McCabe from Plymouth shares her beautiful experiences of fostering children for almost a decade and has this to say about Capstone Foster Care:
“Capstone Foster Care has been very supportive throughout the whole process and we would highly recommend using them or just giving them a call to find out more about it”
Jenny Jacobs, a mum of two, who was previously in care, said it was her own experiences that urged her to become a foster parent and to be able to offer a stable and loving home. Encouraging others to consider fostering, Jenny urged others to research the right agency for them;
“It’s really important that you have the right fit for you as a family. The therapeutic approach that Capstone Foster Care has, has really worked for us as a whole”
If you want to learn more about fostering and the foster care requirements, contact a member of our helpful and supportive team today.
If you’ve got any questions or would like to find out more about fostering with Capstone, fill out the form below.
An experienced fostering advisor from your local area will then be in touch.
Start the conversation today. Our team of friendly advisors are on hand to answer any foster care questions you may have. We can offer you honest and practical advice that can help you decide if becoming a foster carer is the right path for you.
