Foster Carer, Maggie, Answers Fostering FAQs UK | Community Foster Care

Our foster carer, Maggie, has been doing long term fostering, short term fostering and respite foster care with Community Foster Care for the last 16 years.
We sat down to hear all about her fostering experience and answer some of the most significant fostering FAQs from her perspective. We know that when people are thinking about fostering, they think about it for a long time and gather as much fostering information and first hand accounts before reaching out to their local authority of an independent fostering agency. We hope that this can help anyone who is doing their fostering research and if you're based in Gloucestershire, North Wiltshire, Lancashire or Cumbria, and want to foster for a charity, please do get in touch! Call us on 0800 0124278 or check out our website - www.communityf...
We asked Maggie, what is the best and hardest part of fostering, what is fostering teenagers like, what's it like being a single foster carer, why she wanted to foster in the first place, how does trauma show up day to day for foster children, how to identify triggers, how she found the fostering assessment process, if she had any preconceptions about fostering, why she chose to foster with Community Foster Care and what her favourite thing about fostering with us is.
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video by Hannah Reynolds

[@user-uf5sr2qz4s]

I admire your determination and it is good to see what is offered to young people now as they didn't have all these support networks in place when I was in the care system. Like you, I made a conscious decision to strive for my dreams and not let anyone hold me back, no matter what they may throw my way.

[@gillianford]

So glad I stumbled on this video. As a single person I am part way through the assessment process and this video was extremely helpful. What a lovely lady and this video confirms this path is exactly what I want to do.

[@Sombre_Moon_sistermoon]

Really lovely lady . Interesting thank you ❤

[@asterhaile9504]

Wow you are very good.

[@SheilaGrobbelaar]

What about only weekends for start I would like to accommodate for weekends or holidays

[@Mel-rb7sr]

❤❤❤

[@ChristinaRincon-tt2js]

Quick question I wanted to know how two get a stating I no long get foster care money

[@alexblue6991]

Are you too old to Foster at the age of 72yr ?