Our blog provides useful information, insight and educational articles surrounding for other Foster Parents and those who may be considering becoming Foster Parents.
Read our blog to find out what our Foster Parents and staff have to say about fostering with Flourish – from the initial contact that people have with us when considering becoming a Foster Parent and your journey with Flourish that make fostering truly worthwhile.
World Health Day 2021
Maintaining the health and happiness for you and your family is not always easy. From diet to mental and physio health, it takes [...]
COVID-19 creates UK-wide Foster Parent shortage
Dr Mica Douglas, Managing Director of specialist therapeutic care provider Flourish Fostering calls for more people to find out a [...]
Top 10 reasons to Foster with Flourish
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world during 2020, statistics suggest that more and more foster childr [...]
What Makes a Good Flourish Foster Parent?
Amongst the main qualities that help make an effective and successful Foster Parent is the ability to connect with and have a gen [...]
Coronavirus Support for Children at School
School can feel like a scary place whatever age you are. And even more so now during COVID-19. [...]
How Do I Transfer to Flourish Fostering?
There are many reasons why you may be thinking about transferring to a new foster agency. You may be moving house, or be unhappy [...]
Our Fostering Application Process
At Flourish, we aim to make our enquiry and fostering application process to become a Foster Parent with us as streamlined as pos [...]
Thinking of Fostering? Here’s What You Need to Know
Many people would potentially make great Foster Parents. However, there are often concerns such as like "Do I have time to be a F [...]
Top 10 Foster Parent Myths Dispelled
There are a lot of misconceptions about what becoming a Foster Parent actually involves, and you wouldn’t be the first person to [...]
How Fostering Changes Lives
People who make the decision to become a Foster Parent, do so because they want to make a positive difference in a child’s life. [...]
Fostering in Kent – Where, Why and How
Looking for a fresh start or highly rewarding career? You could change your life and those of children and young people by foster [...]
Black Lives Matter
Flourish Fostering expresses its outrage at the death of Mr George Floyd and sends deep condolences to his family and friends, an [...]
Fostering Quiz
Welcome to our Fostering Quiz, created to help you familiarise yourself with the typical questions you may be asked in the initia [...]
Benefits of Fostering with Flourish Fostering
At Flourish Fostering, our friendly, personal and inclusive approach is just how independent fostering used to be; a family feel [...]
This is Fostering
At Flourish Fostering we focus on the quality of relationships between foster parents and the children and young people they look [...]