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Saturday 12th September 2020 was in the diary for our 5th Birthday party, and we weren’t going to let Covid-19 ruin that. Our team worked hard to ensure the day was memorable despite having to create a Plan B after the initial event, a gathering of all our staff and foster families at a centrally …

The 10th of August marks a special day for Young People at Heart. That’s because on 10th August 2015, our first three carers transferred, with their young people, so that’s the day our incredible journey began.

With families stuck indoors and kids home from school children across the UK have been painting rainbows and placing them in windows for a number of weeks now to signal support for the NHS who have been working tirelessly on the frontline throughout the pandemic.   The rainbows have served a practical function to give children a chance to flex …

Young People at Heart is a not-for-profit Independent Foster-Care Agency (IFA) that’s expanding! At Young People at Heart outcomes for young people are paramount for the organisation and everyone associated with it. Quite simply, everything the organisation does has the interests of young people at heart and that’s the way we want it to stay. On that basis the people who work with us have to have exactly the same ethos. Today we’d like to introduce you to one of our latest recruits Estelle Cashin, our Placements Officer.

Have you ever considered fostering a child or young person, but felt you didn’t know enough about the process? Maybe you’re concerned about taking the first step to becoming a Foster Carer.

Would you like to find out more about fostering, or are you currently fostering and would like to find out more about fostering for a not-for-profit, family value fostering organisation? Come and visit us at our upcoming event and have a chat with Sue Williams, our Yorkshire Manager, and Fran, an independent worker. We will …

After much success with our offices based in Herefordshire and Essex, we’re launching our newest office in Barnsley with some coffee mornings for your chance to find out more about fostering with Young People At Heart. Would you like to find out more about fostering, or are you already fostering but would like to find …

We were delighted to make our first placements today, young siblings placed with our foster carers who transferred from another agency without a placement. Gary Cox, Founder of Young People at Heart, thanked the family for placing their trust in the organisation to find them a placement. Their last placement with their previous agency ended …

Today was a doubly memorable day for Young People at Heart when two foster carer households transferring from another agency with young people in placement officially became Young People at Heart foster carers. We also received our first referral, siblings, and we have matched them with the third family who transferred to us. The family transferred to …