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State of the Nations’ Foster Care report
Read more: State of the Nations’ Foster Care reportSouth Glos Foster Carer Mandy attended the House of Commons to celebrate 50 years of The Fostering Network at the launch of its 2024 State of the Nations’ Foster Care…
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LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2025
Read more: LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2025LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week calls on the community to explore both routes to building families.
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WAYPOINT shortlisted for LGC Awards in the Children’s Services category
Read more: WAYPOINT shortlisted for LGC Awards in the Children’s Services categoryOur WAYPOINT team has been shortlisted for the prestigious Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards 2025 in the Children’s Services category.
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Thank you foster carers, Fostering Celebration Day
Read more: Thank you foster carers, Fostering Celebration DayCelebratory events have taken place across the South West to say ‘thank you’ to the region’s fantastic foster carers.
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Could you become a parent and child foster carer?
Read more: Could you become a parent and child foster carer?Could you become a parent and child foster carer for someone like Chloe, a young mum and her baby, Ava?
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Become a Mockingbird Hub Home Carer
Read more: Become a Mockingbird Hub Home CarerWe’re looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and passionate foster carer to join our growing Mockingbird family as a home hub carer.
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Could you foster Luke?
Read more: Could you foster Luke?Luke is an energetic, friendly and intelligent young person who wants a home with space for this things. Luke is unable to live with this birth family and needs a…
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Five reasons why you should become a foster carer
Read more: Five reasons why you should become a foster carerWhile our foster carers share the desire to help children and young people in need, they all come from all different walks of life, and each have their own personal…
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Becoming a foster carer, your journey to approval
Read more: Becoming a foster carer, your journey to approvalBecoming a foster carer involves a thorough assessment process, but our friendly and knowledgeable team make it as smooth as possible. Fostering Recruitment Officer, Emily explains what to expect on…
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What we did with our fostering families in 2024
Read more: What we did with our fostering families in 2024Here’s a quick round-up of some of what we’ve been involved with this year with our fostering families, hard-working team, partners and supporters.
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A poem for Ezmae by her foster carer
Read more: A poem for Ezmae by her foster carerFoster Carer Julie wrote a poem for Ezmae, a baby girl she adopted after being her foster carer for seven weeks.
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Local council fostering partnership launched in the south west
Read more: Local council fostering partnership launched in the south westFostering South West has launched to attract urgently needed local council foster carers across the south west of England, as well as announcing a first of its kind partnership with…
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All fostering enquiries are handled first by our partners, Fostering South West (also known as the regional hub). The hub brings together enquiries for all local authorities across the South West. They aim to contact you within two days of your enquiry for an initial chat to help you decide whether fostering is right for you. If it is, the hub passes your enquiry to us (South Gloucestershire Council), and we support you through the rest of your fostering journey.