Fostering in Buckinghamshire Fostering stories
Category: Case study
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Could you foster a child like Riley*?
Learn about how therapeutic foster care can change the lives of children and young people.
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Providing trauma-informed care to a young person like Maya*
Exploring therapeutic fostering for children with trauma
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Children like Jayden* need long-term stable foster carers
Find out about how therapeutic foster care can change children’s lives
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Changing lives and building futures with therapeutic foster care
For young people like Dillon*, therapeutic fostering in a stable family environment can build a positive future. Dillon is a super car loving 15-year-old who is currently living in a children’s home. In his early teens Dillon became involved in joyriding and vehicle theft and has spent time in the …
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Young people like Aliyah* need a safe and nurturing family home
Could you offer therapeutic foster care to meet needs of vulnerable young people?
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Ramadan & Eid - how we celebrate in my family
Riffat, one of the foster carers in our fostering community, shares her household's experience of Ramadan and Eid.
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Buckinghamshire Council’s Care Ambassador Miracle shares her first-hand knowledge of foster care and the difference it can make
Miracle shares her fostering journey and first-hand foster care knowledge with us, telling prospective foster carers her top tips and advice from her experience in care.
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Foster carer Oli shares his motivation for becoming a foster carer and opens up about most rewarding fostering moments
We asked Oli about his fostering journey and how his profession as a youth worker helped him to decide to start fostering young people in care.
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Anya and Elaine - short-break care for children with disabilities
Anya and Elaine share their experiences and advice for providing short breaks care and support for children with disabilities who live with their families.
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Vicki shares her fostering journey of caring for teenagers to help build their future
Vicki has been fostering teenagers for over 25 years to help them grow and thrive into adulthood. She tells us what she has learnt on her fostering journey.
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