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I started my career in Social Work when I was 24, having worked as a home carer whilst studying for my Social Work qualification. Although most Social Workers these days qualify as younger postgraduates than when I qualified, I was the youngest on my course and easily the youngest in my team when I gained …

When I was asked if I would write a piece for International Women’s Day at first I didn’t really know where to start, so I thought I’d start at the beginning. My first memory of a powerful woman is that of my Nana. She was a real family woman who had 10 children (sadly one …

As we reach the end of National Storytelling Week, we thought we would highlight two of the events and activities our not-for-profit foster care organisation has undertaken to promote reading and literacy for our foster carers and foster children. Towards the end of last year, Doncaster author and illustrator Phil Sheppard came to one of …

Today, the 24th of January is the International Day of Education and celebrates the role education plays in our society.

Its panto season and this year we held four festive days out, and for Gary and Davina, our founding directors three visits were to the Beast’s Castle for Beauty and the Beast, on no they didn’t …. Oh yes, they did! It was brilliant to take all our staff, foster families, young people, and their …

Over the last year we have handed out 5 more Young People at Heart Bronze Awards for three years of service and 4 of our staff team have earnt the Young People at Heart Silver Award for 5 years of service. Our staff members commitment and loyalty to the organisation is outstanding and Gary and …

Our final Halloween event of the year was in Hereford, it was great to see everybody all dressed up in amazing costumes. There were lots of games which included Guess Who, Spider Splat, and the Mummy Wrap Challenge where there was lots of fun wrapping up staff members in toilet roll! Everyone did a great …

We were so lucky to enjoy, a Halloween draw along, with local author and illustrator Phil Sheppard. Our Young People created some amazing artwork and were lucky enough, to receive a book, written by Phil himself. Phil was also kind enough, to stay for photographs and do book signings. Afterwards, our young people enjoyed their …

This year our Essex team planned a slightly different Halloween Party, a trip to Call of the Wild Zoo! Situated in 9 acres of land the zoo has a variety of wildlife to see including ring tailed lemurs, meerkats, farmyard friends’, otters, and the Tropical House full of butterflies, our foster families were kept very …