Fostering Blog. Mahir and Safi ( Names changed ) are clearly very keen to learn English. They will show an object and ask – “This ?” Peter, my husband, has spent time working with Mahir and Safi on name recognition and using a laminated write-on wipe-off sheet helped...
FOSTERING BLOG Safi and Mahir ( Names Changed ) two boys who arrived in placement within the last couple of weeks both appear to be settling in well and are now having a positive impact on John our other placement who arrived a couple of days before them.( How...
Fostering Blog Earlier this week we were asked to take two boys, who had arrived without documents, to seek sanctuary from Afghanistan, as a 7 day placement, alongside the our first ever short term placement who arrived just 3 days before them. Mahir and Safi (Names...
Fostering Blog. This morning I awoke to the thought that I had had a fabulous life – with a childhood that all children deserve but sadly don’t access. I can only hope that the confidence and resilience that this has enabled me to have can now be used as a protective...
Fostering Blog. I awoke this morning wondering what the day would hold for us Owen ( name changed ) arrived last night and we were surprised to see that he was wearing a “tag”. He seems to be really respectful, polite and appreciative. It being school holiday I asked...
Fostering Blog. Waiting for the phone to ring for a First Placement is challenging. In the past month we’ve repainted 3 bedrooms that we have offered for fostering and to be honest the anticipation is rather like that experienced at the end of a pregnancy. It is...
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