Voices of Fostering

By National Fostering Group

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Voices of Fostering brought to you by National Fostering Group. 

Everyone’s life takes a different path. As children and young people decisions can be made for us that shape our lives forever – whether for good or bad. As adults, we have the opportunity to make our own choices. And what we choose can have a positive impact on us and the world around us. Particularly if one of those choices is fostering. When you listen to the stories of children and young people whose lives have been touched by foster carers, you start to see the impact that fostering can have. When you decide to foster, it’s hard to imagine just how big a difference you could make. Not just to the young people you foster, but rippling out into countless other lives. Your choice to foster could transform the life chances of some of the most vulnerable people in society. In this podcast, you’ll hear young people who were fostered, birth children and foster carers talking openly and candidly about their experiences. You’ll get to understand why fostering can be simultaneously the most rewarding and the most challenging thing you’ll ever do and why embarking on this extraordinary journey changes people forever. If you’ve ever been curious about what it really means to foster, what difference it really makes, you’ll find the answers here. 


Episode Date
Steve - Fostering While Working Full-Time
Jul 14, 2026
Barrie - 11 Years as a Foster Carer
Jul 07, 2026
Suzanne - A First-Year Foster Carer's Story
Jun 30, 2026
Daniel - A Single Male's First Steps as a Foster Carer
Jun 09, 2026
Simon - Paying It Forward, an 11-Year Fostering Journey
Jun 02, 2026
Tammy - How Two Girls Found Their Voice
May 26, 2026
Annette - Making Home Again
May 19, 2026
Joel - Family, Firsts, and Letting Go
Apr 28, 2026
Scott - Solo, Ready, and Open to Give Back
Apr 21, 2026
Tim - A CEO's View on Foster Care
Apr 14, 2026
Carole and John - Finding Each Other, Fostering Together
Apr 07, 2026
Callum - Blue Light Careers and Fostering
Mar 31, 2026
Casey - The Power of Lived Experience in Foster Care Work
Mar 18, 2026
Scott - Patience, Progress, and Second Chances
Mar 11, 2026
Erin - Becoming an Older Sibling Through Fostering
Mar 04, 2026
John - How Fostering Brought Our Family Closer
Feb 25, 2026
Victoria - Bridge to Foster & Helping Children Move from Residential Care to Family Homes
Feb 18, 2026
Mark - The Unexpected Rewards of Fostering
Feb 11, 2026
Jon - Duke of Edinburgh's Award for Young People in Care
Feb 04, 2026
Louise - The Power of Lived Experience in Fostering
Jan 28, 2026
Susan - The Rewards of Respite Fostering
Jan 14, 2026
Mandy - Beyond 18: How Her Home Became a Lifelong Haven
Dec 17, 2025
Marisol - Finding Family Through Fostering: A Story of Music, Growth, and Love
Dec 10, 2025
Natalie - Making a Difference: The Realities and Rewards of Fostering Teenagers
Nov 26, 2025
Ann - 20 Years as a Fostering Family
Nov 19, 2025
David & Rachael - Opening Hearts and Homes, an Inspiring Foster Family Journey
Nov 12, 2025
Serwari - Fostering, Resilience, and Community
Nov 05, 2025
Robert - From Fostering to Storytelling
Oct 14, 2025
Robert - Building Families Through Fostering
Oct 07, 2025
Hazel - Guiding New Foster Carers
Sep 30, 2025
Joanne, Oliver and Max: The life of a fostering family
Sep 23, 2025
Julie - Empowering Foster Families
Sep 16, 2025
Derek - 29 Kids and Counting
Sep 09, 2025
Meshak - Inside the National Fostering Group Book Club
Sep 02, 2025
Gill - What is the Fostering Panel?
Aug 26, 2025
Patrice Lawrence - The Journey of Storytelling
Aug 19, 2025
Our special episode with Ashley John-Baptiste
Jul 22, 2025
Valda - Building Positive Foundations
Jul 15, 2025
Joann - Key Insights from an Assessment Manager
Jul 08, 2025
Serwari - Market Stall to Fostering
Jul 01, 2025
Paul - Fostering a Child with Autism
Jun 24, 2025
Lloyd and Mary - Transferring to National Fostering Group
Jun 17, 2025
Pat - One Year Later
Jun 10, 2025
Darren and Kate - Exploring the Mockingbird Program
Jun 03, 2025
Ali - My Mum was fostered!
May 27, 2025
Tariq - Challenging Myths in the Muslim Community
May 20, 2025
Barney - A 16-Year Reflection
Apr 29, 2025
Tim - My Role as a Support Worker
Apr 22, 2025
Fiza - Creating a Warm Welcome
Apr 15, 2025
Garreth and Maya - A Daughters Perspective
Apr 08, 2025
Lucy - We are a family of foster carers!
Apr 01, 2025
Sue - My 18 year fostering journey
Mar 26, 2025
Ben and Jasmine - Supporting Carers and Children
Mar 19, 2025
Manda - Creating a Safe Haven
Mar 12, 2025
Darren: Fostering with Pride
Mar 05, 2025
Jo-Anne - From a Childhood Dream to Fostering Reality
Feb 26, 2025
Hannah - Understanding Educational Support in Fostering
Feb 12, 2025
Khaira - Growing Up in a Fostering Family
Feb 12, 2025
Travis - Moving from the Corporate world to Fostering!
Feb 05, 2025
Amy - Carrying on the Legacy
Jan 29, 2025
Corrina - From Teaching to Fostering
Jan 22, 2025
Nazia - From Social Work to Fostering
Jan 15, 2025
Sarah - The Journey and Role of a Carer Recruitment Officer!
Jan 08, 2025
Lisa - I grew up in a fostering family, now I work in fostering!
Dec 18, 2024
Theresa - My daughter encouraged me to foster!
Dec 11, 2024
Rachel - Fostering in the Armed Forces
Dec 04, 2024
Hilary - We have fostered for a decade!
Nov 27, 2024
Stefanie - The importance of self-care for foster carers
Nov 20, 2024
Ruth - I foster teenage asylum seekers
Nov 13, 2024
Our special episode with Joan Collins
Nov 06, 2024
Becoming a Foster Carer: Insights and FAQs with Nic
Oct 30, 2024
Rachel and David - Balancing Careers and Fostering
Oct 22, 2024
Amalia - We specialise in parent and child foster care
Oct 15, 2024
Scott - We started fostering in our early 20s!
Oct 08, 2024
May - The importance of mindfulness
Oct 01, 2024
Jayne and Ken - We have fostered for 19 years!
Sep 10, 2024
Our special episode with Ellie Simmonds
Aug 22, 2024
Phil - It is so important to improve their self esteem
Aug 13, 2024
Zak - We provide the best training for our foster carers
Aug 06, 2024
Nigel - As a blind foster carer, I am fully supported!
Jul 30, 2024
Matt - My dad grew up in care in the 50s and now I foster!
Jul 16, 2024
Hayley - The journey from adoption to fostering!
Jul 09, 2024
Andrew - I work and foster!
Jun 21, 2024
Sol - He is our son!
Jun 10, 2024
Anna - My role as a supervising social worker
Jun 03, 2024
Soo and Hugh - With fostering, we can help lots of children
May 22, 2024
Pat - First time foster carer at 70!
May 07, 2024
Julie - I have fostered for 23 years!
Feb 23, 2024
Sue and Kelvin - We retired and decided to foster!
Feb 02, 2024
Jenna and Craig - We foster babies!
Jan 12, 2024
Special Episode with Geoff and Aiden
Sep 29, 2023
Mark: My foster children give me purpose.
Jun 13, 2023
Linda: A Therapeutic Life Story worker
May 26, 2023
Carol: I foster but my family foster with me too.
May 19, 2023
Sarah Jane: I recruit foster carers
Feb 16, 2023
Leonie: My parents are foster carers
Feb 16, 2023
Destiny: I was in foster care
Feb 16, 2023