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The journey to becoming a foster carer
The journey to becoming a foster carer
26 Jul 2019

  For new foster carers, becoming members of the Affinity Fostering team can be an enlightening and positive experience. One couple talks about their journey to fostering their first...

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We’re all different
We’re all different
12 Jun 2019

There’s a song by Groove Armada that starts with the lines “If everybody looked the same, we’d get tired of looking at each other.” It’s true. What makes us fascinating and interesting is...

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Boys will be boys
Boys will be boys
07 Jun 2019

Our secret single male foster carer shares his thoughts on fighting and standing your ground... Boys fight. Not all of them, but a lot of them, and those that don’t are often under considerable...

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Dealing with Class A Drugs
Dealing with Class A Drugs
02 May 2019

Our secret single male foster carer shares his thoughts on - What do you do when you discover the lad you are caring for is not only taking Class A drugs, but is actually dealing in them? Panic?...

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Problem Child
Problem Child
01 Feb 2019

Our secret single male foster carer shares the second in a series of blog posts about his experience of fostering -- the highs, the lows and everything in between. ‘Teenage foster kids. Who’d...

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Suspended Animation and Online-Gaming
Suspended Animation and Online-Gaming
01 Jan 2019

Our secret single male foster carer shares the second in a series of blog posts about his experience of fostering -- the highs, the lows and everything in between. It’s a blow when a foster...

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Another successful Foster Carers Conference!
Another successful Foster Carers Conference!
30 Nov 2018

Our extemely successful conference has been concluded at Marriott Waltham Abbey, which was signed off today with an incredibly powerful and personal training session from Scott from Section 31...

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Foster Carers Conference 2018 is underway!
30 Nov 2018

This year's Foster Carer's conference kicks off today! We're so excited to bring together our Foster Carers and Affinity staff for two days of training, development and lots of fun! It's always such...

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Runaways -- Secret Single Male Foster Carer
Runaways -- Secret Single Male Foster Carer
02 Nov 2018

Our secret single male foster carer shares the first in a series of blog posts about his experience of fostering -- the highs, the lows and everything in between.  Some of the young lads who have...

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Welcoming Gracie home
Welcoming Gracie home
23 Oct 2018

For some of our Carers, fostering goes beyond providing a loving and safe home for young people. One of our carers, Pat, and her looked after children, have just rescued Gracie, a Pekinese, from a...

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