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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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Clay pigeon shooting with our men in foster care
Clay pigeon shooting with our men in foster care
04 Oct 2018

At Affinity, we realise the important role our male foster carers play in the lives of the young people in their care, which is why we organised our men in foster care morning this morning. We spent...

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Alton Towers: creating new friendships and lasting memories
Alton Towers: creating new friendships and lasting memories
04 Oct 2018

Today has been spent reflecting on our latest activity holiday that came to an end yesterday. This year, we took more than 20 young people to Alton Towers for three days. The trip was an opportunity...

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Hard work pays off for our young people picking up their GCSE results
04 Oct 2018

Yesterday, some of our young people picked up their GCSE results and received some outstanding grades! We’re sharing just a handful of stories of young people who have worked so hard over the last...

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Voices group
Voices group
04 Oct 2018

Yesterday, a group of our young people came together as part of the Voices group — a forum set up by our young people, giving them a platform to discuss the care system and their...

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Shall We Foster Now?
Shall We Foster Now?
14 Aug 2018

Written by: Kim, a foster carer with Affinity Fostering. “Shall we Foster now?” I said to my husband Lee one night. The question came as I was reading an article in our local newspaper about...

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Giving back to the local community
14 Aug 2018

We're big believers in giving back to our local community - it's a big part of what drives us as a company. We find it really helps to take a step back from our day-to-day work to see who else out...

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Affinity Fostering turns three!
14 Aug 2018

We recently celebrated our third birthday and we wanted to share some of our key milestones with you over the past three years. As a company, we’ve expanded across Kent, Essex and into London and...

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A special support day out in London
A special support day out in London
14 Aug 2018

Kacey is 13-years-old and had been out of school for some time before being placed with our carers in Essex. Whilst waiting for a school place to become available, Affinity provided two sessions...

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Wrapping up after another successful two-day foster carer’s conference!
Wrapping up after another successful two-day foster carer’s conference!
14 Aug 2018

Our two-day foster carer’s conference took place last week, bringing together 60 carers and social workers from across Kent, Essex and London. We had an extremely interesting two days, with great...

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