What’s happening at Foster Careline

News, online and community events.

Come and say hi

Meet the team and have a chat about fostering at local community events.

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Find out about Fostering: Fishergate Shopping Centre Preston

Come and see us at Fishergate Shopping Centre in Preston to find out more about how you can turn children’s…

Starts: 08/07/2023
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Warrington Disability Partnership Fun Day

Disability Awareness Day 2023 will take place on Sunday 16th July at Walton Hall and Gardens. There are lots of…

Starts: 16/07/2023
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Find out about fostering: Birkenhead Park, Wirral

Come and see our information stand at Birkenhead Park to have an informal chat about fostering with our expert team.

Starts: 08/08/2023
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Jobs Fair: Bloomfield Road Stadium, Blackpool

Come and see us at the Bloomfield Road Stadium to learn more about fostering.

Starts: 06/09/2023
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Find out about fostering: DW Stadium

Come and see us at our stand at DW Stadium to learn more about fostering.

Starts: 09/09/2023
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Jobs Fair: Anfield Stadium, Liverpool

Come and join us at the Jobs Fair at Anfield Stadium to learn more about fostering.

Starts: 20/09/2023
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Find out about fostering: Burnley Tesco

Come and see us at Burnley Tesco to find out more about how you can turn children’s lives around through…

Starts: 01/10/2023
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Participation

We run a range of activities and participation events with our children and young people. Discover some of the work we do here.

Latest news

Find out what’s been happening with the Foster Careline team and our foster families.

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Creating experiences with your foster teen – activity recommendations to…

Did you know a child can be fostered to provide them with a safe and stable home right up until…

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Can you do long-term fostering? Beating the foster carer crisis…

Overview  Answering common questions about long-term fostering, looking at what foster care statistics mean for the North West and how…

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Foster care approval – how long does the application process…

Overview: A summary of the process to become a foster carer, including how long it takes to become approved, the…

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Fostering and adoption in the North West – what support…

Overview: An introduction to fostering and adoption in the North West, the support available, and how much foster parents get…

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Breaking down short-term fostering: find out about fostering in the…

Overview: Find out about short-term fostering in the North West to inform your fostering choices. Answering essential questions about how…

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Celebrating Community this Foster Care Fortnight

Foster Care Fortnight 2023 is celebrated from 15th – 28th May. This year the theme is #FosteringCommunties! Foster Care Fortnight 2023 is a…

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Parent and child fostering: How much allowance do you get…

Overview: A short summary of parent and child fostering. We’ll explore who can become a parent and child foster carer…

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How We’re Celebrating Care Day 2023

Friday, 17 February, is Care Day – the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience! This…

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Self care at Christmas

Christmas, the period around it, and winter in general can bring moments of real joy, but they can also present…

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In Memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

Foster Careline was deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. During the 70 years…

Foster Stories

Jasmyne’s story

“Foster Careline is amazing because of the support that you get. They do support groups, they do training sessions which…

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Showcase: artwork

We’re really proud of the children and young people that we are lucky enough to work with every day, and…

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Having a roarsome time at Farmer Ted’s Adventure Playground

It’s no secret that one of the best parts of our job is getting out and spending time with our…

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Jasmyne & Michelle’s foster story

Meet Jasmyne and Michelle, an inspirational mother-daughter duo who are both foster carers in Wigan. Michelle, 44, and her daughter,…

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Catherine’s foster story

Meet Catherine Parnell, 41, from Buckley. Catherine left her job in e-commerce working for Iceland after 12 years to become…

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Experience: A change of career

“You know, there are highs and there are lows, but just knowing that I’ve made a difference to the children’s…

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Easter bonnet competition

The children and young people we work with don’t need much encouragement to get art and crafting!  We held an…

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Experience: the fostering process

 “I would definitely recommend fostering as a career to anyone, whether you’ve got children of your own or whether…

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Earth Day

Well done to J, who had the winning design in our Earth Day artwork competition! We asked the young people…

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Mother’s day artwork

One of our foster carers shared this lovely card that the child in her care sent to her in celebration…

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What type of foster carer should I be and why?

If you’ve decided to pursue a career in foster care then that’s amazing news to us. In our opinion, you’ve…

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Five reasons you should consider transferring to Foster Careline

Foster carers everywhere: we salute you. Every day you go above and beyond to provide a safe and nurturing home…

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