This year we launched a programme with Islington Council to provide care-experienced young people with age-appropriate activities to support their education. We are also using this programme to raise awareness of the need for foster carers across Islington, and foster carer Amanda can tell us more about the challenges and the huge satisfaction she has experienced from helping children develop.
“I had thought about becoming a foster carer for a number of years, but it wasn’t until my youngest child went to university that I started looking into it properly. I knew I wanted to foster for my local authority and not an agency because I wanted to make a difference to my local community.