Foster care

Foster carers get 16% pay rise and cash bonus

Grandmother to protest plight of kinship carers

'I look after my grandson but don't get carer's allowance'

Foster care recruitment in 'much better place'

Charity appeals for mentors for teenagers in care

'Fostering is a learning curve but a privilege'

Mum's joy at fostering 60 children over 20 years

Foster carer urges council action over payment delay

Couple keep fostering after caring for 100 children

Recruitment drive to attract more foster parents

Children were put in harmful situations - Ofsted

'My foster parents gave me a forever home'

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