What carers and children say

Read, watch and listen to the following testimonials from some of our young people and foster carers across the UK:

"They [my foster carers] make sure I am happy. If I want to talk about anything they listen and help… I wish I could have come to foster care earlier." Courtney, TACT young person

"The reward for me is to see a child flourish and blossom in my care. It is a thrilling achievement, not only for me but for the child and everyone involved and to be seen to do the professional job that you were trained for. Fostering has done more for me than any nine-to-five job could have ever done." Jenny, TACT foster carer in South London

"I was really scared before I was fostered. […] Then, I became a TACT foster child and I really like where I am living because they [my foster carers] help me with lots of different things and they take me on holidays when they don’t have to." Nicola, TACT young person, wrote this whilst at the Abergavenny Junior Rugby club festival, 2-3 May 2009

BBC Breakfast programme - 25 May 2009:
Watch the following interview of one of our foster carer following her recent move into fostering as her own interior design business was suffering from the recession. The programme focuses on fostering as a career, especially being an option to those hit by the economic downturn. The feature wraps up the Foster Care Fortnight campaign launched by the Fostering Network.

Bridge FM radio interview - 11 May 2009: 
Listen to this interview of two of our Welsh foster carers accompanied with Mike Anthony, TACT Area Manager for Wales, for the launch of the Foster Care Fortnight campaign on Bridge FM, 106.3.