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'I enjoy seeing children smile for the first time'
Five years ago, when Janie Ashton was in her thirties, she and her husband started offering short-term and respite care for babies and younger children.
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Roselle Potts gave up her law career to foster unaccompanied asylum-seekers Hari, 16, and Ben, 15
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
'It’s nice to see them relaxed'
Derek Lavery, foster carer: 'It is essential that I am there for them 24 hours a day'
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Derek Lavery, who previously ran a riding school, is now a foster carer for Aberdeenshire Council. He has been fostering for more than 10 years and specialises in looking after teenagers with behavioural problems. As one of the first carers to benefit from a fees-for-training scheme introduced by his local authority, he receives payments totalling around £18,000 a year for his work.
'Children's lives can be changed because of the foster family in which they live'
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
National development manager – social care, Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Beginners welcome in foster care
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
The average age of foster carers is 53 – and rising. Kate Hilpern reports on the pressing need for new recruits
Foster care is increasingly seen as a profession as opposed to purely philanthropic
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Few foster carers can afford to offer their services for free nowadays
'Fostering is a career combining family life with a skilled occupation'
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Chief executive, The Fostering Network
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
The internet has revolutionised distance learning – even lab experiments are online
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
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My new life: students' stories
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Jane Heybroek’s plans to become a barrister went awry in her youth, but years later she’s finally landed her dream job
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