Perhaps a teenager is not your immediate choice; you are perhaps worried that they will be a challenge and believe it would be easier to have a younger child in your care. However, often teenagers...
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Variety is certainly the spice of life and Affinity have always been proud that our foster carers come from all walks of life and backgrounds. What makes our team of carers special isn’t just about...
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This blog is currently being written on an Apple MacBook. It’s also being written on the day that it has been announced that Apple is now worth just short of $2trillion. That’s not a huge...
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Making the decision to foster brings with it many important questions and decisions. “Will we be good foster carers? Will we get on with the young person entrusted in our care? How will we be...
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Come on, be honest, what's in your spare room? For some, it may be a haven for visitors, immaculately decorated in neutral tones, but for most of us, it's the dumping ground. Pictures we don't...
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For many of us, COVID-19 and Lockdown have provided an opportunity to begin to reconsider which part of our lives and lifestyles are important to us. The public outpouring of appreciation towards the...
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Moving out of home as an 18-year-old teenager can be difficult at the best of times, but for a young person with care experience it can be a massive leap into the unknown. Aside from the fact that...
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Our secret blogger looks at the joys of fostering and what makes it a job worth doing. Fostering can be a whirlwind of drama in which fear and fury are followed by crisis followed by emergency...
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The moment when you wave goodbye to the last child to leave your home can be a moment of mixed emotions. Pride that they have succeeded and achieved enough to attend university, move abroad, or get a...
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For anyone considering becoming a foster carer there are always huge amounts of questions and one of the major ones is how finances will be affected. In this blog we attempt to answer the most...
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