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Could you give a child their forever family?

Slough Children’s Services Trust (SCST) is highlighting the need to find ‘forever families ‘ for some of the children it works with, as part of National Adoption Week. This year the annual campaign, which runs across the country from October 14 – 20, is aiming to help those children who’ve been waiting the longest for […]

Foster children thrive in the Mockingbird nest

An innovative programme which offers a network of extra support to local foster carers has just celebrated its first year of success. The Mockingbird Programme, which is offered by less than 20 organisations nationwide, was rolled out by Slough Children’s Services Trust last September. Using an extended family model, it works by building a supportive […]

Two years of Pause Slough changing the lives of vulnerable women

Pause Slough is celebrating two years of changing the lives of some of the area’s most vulnerable women. The innovative programme, which is a national initiative, is run locally by Slough Children’s Services Trust and works to support women who have experienced – or are at risk of experiencing – repeated pregnancies that result in […]

O2 working together with Slough Children’s Services Trust

Supporting young people has always been really important to us here at O2, whether that’s in developing their early careers with us or through the work our youth programme, Go Think Big, does to help them get the experience and opportunities they need for the future. We all know that young people have very different […]

Peter’s story: My only regret is that I didn’t start fostering 20 years earlier

My partner Annie and I started fostering 13 years ago after closing down our temporary staffing agency. I suppose the decision to foster was based on a feeling of trying to do something more altruistic other than just trying to earn a crust, and, as we had both raised families, fostering seemed to be an answer. We […]

Connie’s story: We’re still fostering in our 60s but the children keep us young

It’s more than 30 years since I started fostering. 30 years! When I took on my first child, I didn’t think my husband and I would still be fostering in our 60s but it’s really become a way of life for our family. I’m proud to say we’ve helped over a hundred children and it’s […]

Denise’s story: Being part of a foster family makes my kids the amazing little people they are

I started fostering when I was 24. It might seem quite young but having not had a ‘normal’ upbringing myself (my grandparents raised me), I knew from early on that having stability and someone to believe in you were everything and I really wanted to give that to others. I’ve been fostering for 14 years […]

Foster carers share their stories during Foster Care Fortnight

Foster carers and young people, working with Slough Children’s Services Trust, are sharing some of their thoughts about fostering, as part of Foster Care Fortnight. Some of Trust’s Foster carers have produced blogs, to be published over the next two weeks, which they hope will increase understanding around the need for fostering and the rewards […]

Des and Sam’s story: Fostering has made us who we are and we wouldn’t change a thing

People always have a lot of praise for foster carers, saying what amazing work we do and how we make such a difference to young people but there are huge benefits to being a foster carer too. There’s nothing better than having a bigger family and, for us, it’s a chosen family. We’ve been fostering […]

Mandy’s story: Fostering is a job that makes you feel proud

I always wanted more children of my own but was only blessed with one son. I’d mistakenly assumed that I’d be unable to foster as a single parent. How wrong I was! It wasn’t until I bumped into an old school friend who was fostering that I realised that wasn’t the case. I started looking […]