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Meet the Affinity Fostering Team
Meet the Affinity Fostering Team
14 Jul 2023

Floria Affinity Fostering was founded in 2013. Unlike many fostering agencies, Affinity is a familiy business and this sense of family is visible in the close-knit team we’ve established. Many of...

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Introducing the Nurturing Initiative for New and Experienced Foster Carers
Introducing the Nurturing Initiative for New and Experienced Foster Carers
17 May 2023

Are you considering becoming a foster carer, or looking to move to an Ofsted Outstanding agency that truly supports its foster carers? We're excited to share some great news with you! Here at...

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Building a Nurturing Community for everyone in the Affinity Family
Building a Nurturing Community for everyone in the Affinity Family
17 May 2023

Fostering young people is not a one-person job; it takes a whole community to create an environment in which children and teenagers can grow and thrive. As an independent fostering agency, with an...

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We have had some fantastic Internet Safety Day Poster Entries!
We have had some fantastic Internet Safety Day Poster Entries!
07 Feb 2023

We have had some great entries for our Safer Internet Safety Day Competition!   Thank you to all the young people that sent in their entries!  We will make sure to upload them to our Facebook...

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How does matching work, and why is it so important?
How does matching work, and why is it so important?
31 Jan 2023

If you are thinking about becoming a foster carer, you are naturally going to be wondering how young people end up with the right foster carers. This process is called Matching, and it is something...

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Making Christmas special for children and young people in your care
Making Christmas special for children and young people in your care
11 Dec 2022

The ways that we celebrate Christmas are very personal, and often linked to how we celebrated when we were children. Many of us embrace the lights and the decorations, and many of us enjoy spending...

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Fill your empty nest by becoming a foster carer.
Fill your empty nest by becoming a foster carer.
28 Dec 2022

Waving off your adult(ish) children when they leave home can bring up many different emotions. You may feel proud that they have been able to move out, whether to go to University or to a place of...

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Affinity Fostering, Helping with the Cost of Living Crisis
Affinity Fostering, Helping with the Cost of Living Crisis
11 Nov 2022

The cost of living, despite some Government help, is going to make winter difficult for many people, and we understand that our foster carers may also need some additional financial support at this...

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Celebrating Diwali!
Celebrating Diwali!
24 Oct 2022

What is Diwali? Diwali – sometimes also spelt Divali - is a religious festival whose name originates from the Sanskrit word dipavali, and is known as the ‘Festival of Lights’. Taking place...

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Foster Care Fortnight is approaching
Foster Care Fortnight is approaching
04 May 2022

Every May, The Fostering Network runs Foster Care Fortnight to shine a spotlight on the amazing work that foster carers do. This year’s theme is #fosteringcommunities, celebrating the strength and...

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Why Affinity are the best agency for new foster carers

Affinity Fostering were rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2022. In-fact we’ve been rated Outstanding in every inspection since we opened our agency!