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What is the Fostering Matching Process and why is it so important to Affinity Fostering?
What is the Fostering Matching Process and why is it so important to Affinity Fostering?
14 Oct 2019

Simply put, the matching process is about ensuring (as much as possible) that the young people Affinity are responsible for are placed into the best family environments to help them thrive.  Every...

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BOYS, BIKES, AXES AND POCKET MONEY
BOYS, BIKES, AXES AND POCKET MONEY
14 Aug 2019

Our secret male foster carer looks at how to keep teen boys under control, entertained and learning new skills. Affinity, I discover, is pretty generous in their offer of pocket money – it’s...

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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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Voices Group awarded certificates for their Passport to Parliament work
Voices Group awarded certificates for their Passport to Parliament work
21 Feb 2019

It’s been a great day with our young people’s group, Voices. It was wonderful to have Become with us to award certificates for the group’s Passport to Parliament work. They also used this...

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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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Getting creative this Christmas
Getting creative this Christmas
21 Dec 2018

Two of our young people, S & D made this amazing Affinity Christmas Crossword, using words they associate with Affinity. S & D also made a real jigsaw in the shape of a gingerbread man...

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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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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!