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Benefits of cooking with foster children this Pancake Day!
Cooking pancakes with your foster children can be a fun and rewarding activity, but it's also an opportunity for them to develop important skills and habits. Here are some of the benefits of cooking with children: Provides Quality Family Time: Life can be busy and...
Meet fostering social worker, Jag
This month we chatted with Jag, senior fostering social worker, who joined AFA Fostering almost 11 years ago. Jag talks to us about how she came into a fostering career and offers some good advice for people who are thinking of becoming foster parents. Hi Jag, thanks...
Which Fostering Agency Should I Choose?
When you’re beginning to think seriously about applying to foster, there will be a lot of decisions to make. One of them will be who you want to foster with; your local authority or an independent fostering agency? And, if you chose a fostering agency, how do you find...
Meet fostering social worker, Nikki
This month we spoke with one of our fostering social workers, Nikki, who joined AFA Fostering almost five years ago. Here, she shares with us how she came into a fostering career and some advice for people who are thinking of becoming foster parents... Hi Nikki, let’s...
Real life fostering: Meet our foster parents Sarah & Dave
This month we spoke with one of our foster parents, Sarah, who lives in Norfolk with husband Dave and their children and here she shares with us how they came into fostering and what it has been like… So, tell me how long you've been fostering for? It'll be six years...
Real life fostering: Meet our foster parents Christine & Andy
This month we spoke with one of our foster parents, Christine, 42, who lives in north Norfolk with husband Andy and their children and here she shares with us how they came into fostering and what it has been like… Can you tell me how long you’ve been fostering for...
Real life fostering: Meet our foster parents Zadie & Mark
This month we spoke with Zadie and Mark who live in Leicestershire. They have been fostering with AFA for over seven years and here we discuss what brought them into fostering and some of their experiences—with advice for anyone who is thinking of becoming a foster...
Real life fostering: Meet our foster parents Sara & Jason
This month we spoke with one of our fostering families, Sara, 48, and Jason, 50, who live in Norwich. As a couple, Sara and Jason have been fostering for just over 10 years with AFA, and here we explore their journey into fostering, and some of the challenges they...
Real life fostering: Meet our foster parent Jason
This month we spoke with one of our foster carers, Jason, 51, who lives with his wife in Norfolk. As a couple, Jason and Liz have been fostering for nearly nine years with AFA, and here we explore their journey into fostering, and some of the challenges they have...
Black Lives Matter
All at AFA abhor racism and all forms of discrimination. This article is not an attempt to promote AFA on the back of Black Lives Matter. We do, however, recognise the importance of continually pushing to change and that change has been needed for very many years. We...