The Christmas period means different things to different people, depending on culture, religion, and upbringing. Many households do not celebrate… Read more »
Christmas Traditions in a Fostering Household
Author: TACT Fostering
Anti-Bullying Week: let’s make a noise
Anti-Bullying Week, coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, is an annual event aimed at shining a light on bullying, whilst providing… Read more »
The remarkable children of our foster carers
One of the biggest myths in fostering is that having your own children still living with you will preclude you… Read more »
30 years of changing children’s lives
TACT celebrates 30 years of making a difference to children’s lives this year. Despite staff coming together in Manchester for… Read more »
Streamlining Skills To Foster
Skills To Foster is a standardised and mandatory course that fostering applicants need to take in order to progress on… Read more »
Judge finds that Home Office unlawfully placed unaccompanied children in hotels
On Thursday 27th July a High Court judge, Mr Justice Chamberlain, said: “From December 2021 at the latest, the practice… Read more »
Fostering For The Right Reasons
In foster care, there is often a sensitivity around the subject of the fees and allowances foster carers receive when… Read more »
Fostering In The Summer Holidays
As the school summer holidays approach, you may be thinking about booking activities and holidays for the children in your… Read more »
The Men Who Foster
If someone asked you to describe a foster carer, what would you say? Maybe you would describe a man and… Read more »
What Is Therapeutic Parenting?
Therapeutic parenting is a parental approach that combines instilling firm boundaries, routines and strategies – along with a model called… Read more »
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