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Two of our foster carers’ children, Franki and Mia (both 16), belong to the Thameside Young Producers group at Thameside Theatre, Thurrock. The group produce a number of shows during the year and on Saturday 28th  November they produced the Starmaker Talent Show 2015, a talent show for young people in the Thurrock area. Franki …

One of our young people was recently chosen by their school to participate in peer mentoring training which is a scheme for year 6 children to support fellow pupils. One of their responsibilities would be that if they saw another child on their own or appearing upset they can befriend them or get adult help. …

We are delighted that Sue Wise has chosen to join Young People at Heart as our Placements Officer and Sue is already hard at work finding matches for our available foster carers. Gary Cox, Founder and Chief Executive of Young People at Heart, said that matching was the most important factor in making placements and …

Gary, Des and Alison learned about the importance of the social and emotional meanings of food in a foster care household at the National Care Leavers Week 2015 Annual Lecture tonight.  Dr. Andrea Warman, Panel Chair at Young People at Heart,  gave numerous examples in her talk about the positive effect food and nutrition could …

Christie, daughter of one of our foster carer families,  has been offered a place on the Royal Opera House Purfleet Vocal Leader Programme. Christie was one of two pupils nominated by her music teacher at school. The nominees attended a group workshop where they were observed for their team work, leadership and communication skills and …

We are pleased to announce that our first foster carers able to offer a foster home to a young person with a disability have chosen to apply to Young People at Heart and will shortly commence their assessment process. They are booked into Panel in December. The couple have a fully accessible home with a …

Alison Lawes, our Young People’s Participation Officer, organised our first foster carer and young people’s event today, a picnic at King George’s Playing Field and Park at Brentwood. Despite a week full of rain, the sun shone as foster carers, looked after young people and birth children enjoyed meeting up with each other, playing together …

We were delighted to hear that, across the board, the birth children in our foster carer families achieved great results in their A level, AS and GCSE exams and are all able to continue with their chosen courses or move on to their preferred educational institutions. Des Walsh, Registered Manager at Young People at Heart, …

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 …