If a child or young person experiences physical, verbal, or cyber bullying, it is often an incredibly lonely experience, and it can feel very isolating. Whether someone in your home has experienced...
Read PostAnti-Bullying Week 2022 runs from 14th to 18th of November; and this year the theme is Reach Out. The Anti-Bullying Alliance continue to encourage education settings to take part in the Odd Sock...
Read PostThe 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...
Read PostWhat 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...
Read PostOctober is Black History Month, and at Affinity Fostering, we are supporting it by recognising and celebrating racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds of children and adults. We are running an...
Read PostAugust 2022 saw our latest full Ofsted inspection; Andy Robins (Director) said “The team at Affinity are absolutely elated to have had all the work we do to support foster carers and our young...
Read PostThe summer of 2022 saw another fantastic response to Affinity's Pot of Gold! Every year we offer £100 to all children in the Affinity Family households to help them have new experiences, visit...
Read PostIt’s a tragic statistic that only 11.8% of young people in care enter higher education compared with 43.1% of all young people. Despite being cared for and nurtured by dedicated foster carers,...
Read PostJob Summary: The focus of the role is to generate interest in fostering across the local community to help generate enquiries and will require coordination, engagement and recruitment of Foster...
Read PostChoosing to welcome a vulnerable child or young person into your home is always going to be a family decision. As with every choice that will potentially make changes to the day-to-day operations of...
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