Fostering
Fostering – Will you help change a life?
Fostering – Will you help change a life? Cumbria County Council are calling for people to consider becoming foster carers as the number of children coming into care is likely to rise as the lockdown eases. The council supports 232 fostering families across the county, but with more than 730 children in care across Cumbria […]
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An unexpected Foster Mum
When six, week old kittens, were brought in to Oak Tree Animals’ Charity by builders who were working on a demolition site and who found them huddled under a demolished building, the Oak Tree team knew they had to act fast. At this young age, the kittens were very vulnerable and there was a high […]
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Fostering – A gift that can last forever
Have you ever considered fostering? It is often thought of as being exclusive to a slightly older generation, the truth in fact is that young families can seriously benefit from fostering a child. We spoke to Terri Johnston, she and her husband Frank first started fostering when she was 33 and he was 36 they […]
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Fostering changes lives for the better
Written by Danielle Murphy When you make the decision to foster a child you are on the road to transforming the lives of not only the children but yours too. In Cumbria there are nearly 700 children living in care and amongst them are siblings that desperately need long term foster homes to allow […]
