Foster care

Council to increase fostering cash incentive

Foster couple thought New Year Honours a wind-up

Foster carers for 18 years 'would never look back'

'We wanted to foster to make a difference'

'Becoming a foster parent made me a better person'

A hundred businesses sign up to be foster friendly

'My foster kids had never celebrated Christmas'

'Taking in my grandchildren has left me penniless'

Foster carers honoured at awards

'I had to teach foster parents my cultural needs'

Inspectors praise council children's services

New foster care programme launched in Cornwall

Businesses urged to help young people in care

'I help care leavers who are constantly failed'

'Turning 18 when you're in care is really scary'

'Fostering feels like being any other kind of parent'

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Ex-RAF pilot encouraging others to begin fostering

City asks to join kinship care funding trial

Care leaver was 'terrified' ahead of 18th birthday

Barry Keoghan: My background is not a pity story

Appeal for 'short break' foster carers

'Fostering has big challenges but massive rewards'