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Turn your spare room into their room!
Turn your spare room into their room!
15 Jul 2020

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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Summer Voices 2020
Summer Voices 2020
13 Jul 2020

Welcome to the first edition of the Summer Voices magazine, if you have not heard about the work the Voices Group have already achieved further information can be found...

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Stand Out Sites this week - Final Covid Lockdown Edition
Stand Out Sites this week - Final Covid Lockdown Edition
01 Jul 2020

We have a fabulous Stand Out Site this week to round of the final edition of this series        Partnership for Children’s strapline is “Good Mental Health for children – for...

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Affinity “EXTRAORDINARY” Times Final Edition!
Affinity “EXTRAORDINARY” Times Final Edition!
01 Jul 2020

This is our last Coronavirus “Extraordinary” Times Newsletter. The weekly newsletters were initially designed to ensure we keep you all up to date during the uncertain time from March onwards....

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Stand Out Sites this week - Week Commencing 22nd June 2020
Stand Out Sites this week - Week Commencing 22nd June 2020
26 Jun 2020

  With young people spending more time than ever online, the more information we as parents and foster parents have, and can help educate our young people on, is for the better. Parent Zone are...

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Extraordinary Times 13th Edition
Extraordinary Times 13th Edition
26 Jun 2020

Another week, and another large step taken in returning our lives to a semblance of normality. Within the last week the UK Government’s coronavirus alert level has come down from 4 to 3, meaning...

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Stand Out Sites this week - Week starting 15th June 2020
Stand Out Sites this week - Week starting 15th June 2020
18 Jun 2020

Art for Kids Hub YouTube channel   With nearly 3 million subscribers, Art for Kids Hub is an American family YouTube channel, in which lots of cool art lessons take place, from learning to draw...

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Extraordinary Times 12th Edition
Extraordinary Times 12th Edition
18 Jun 2020

So now we can go to Primark! Ok it’s not the destination of choice for some, but it is an important development as a society, learning how we are to behave in the new normal; with social distancing...

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Stand Out Sites this week - Week starting 8th June 2020
Stand Out Sites this week - Week starting 8th June 2020
13 Jun 2020

    Summer Reading Challenge Presented by The Reading Agency and funded by Arts Council England, the Summer Reading Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to set themselves a reading...

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Extraordinary Times 11th Edition
Extraordinary Times 11th Edition
13 Jun 2020

If we were in any doubt of life slowly returning to normal, after spending almost two hours on the M25 yesterday trying to get into the office at Ingatestone, it was clear that things, in some ways...

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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!