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