The Fostering Network: Children and young people

A very important part of foster care is the young people themselves. The Fostering Network works with young people to make their experiences better and to provide them with information.

Find out more about the Fostering Network young people's projects in England and Scotland.

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Publications and resources from the Fostering Network

Billy and the Big D-cision: Publisher: Information Plus; Date: 2001; This resource offers young people the chance to explore a wide range of issues such as drug taking and peer pressure, allowing them to try out different options and see the consequences.; Code: 8266; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Billy and the Break-in: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 2004; An excellent way of raising a host of issues that are guaranteed to get young people thinking and talking.; Code: 8275; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Billy Breaks the Rules: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 1999; Controlling the actions of Billy lets children experiment with choices and helps them discuss their own feelings and fears.; Code: 8259; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Bruce's Multimedia Story: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 1998; The story of how Bruce the dog had to leave his home on the farm and starting a new life with Celia and Ziggy the cat has helped countless children think about changes in their own lives.; Code: 8258; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Busted: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 2002; Busted helps young people develop a value system by exploring issues of relationship and responsibility.; Code: 8267; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Children's hearings (Scotland): a foster carer's guide: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2005; This information sheet is a guide for foster carers in Scotland about the Children's Hearings.; Price: Free; Full details…
Contraception: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 2004; This CD-Rom aims to make talking about sexual health, behaviour and choices easier, in an informative and constructive way.; Code: 8273; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Every voice matters: a Yspeak report: Publisher: The Fostering Network and Yspeak; This is a report about a project undertaken to get the views of young people who are looked after and the sons and daughters of foster carers about contact.; Price: Free; Full details…
Lifeball: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2003; Lifeball is a game consisting of balls in eight different colours, each reapresenting an area of social behaviour, such as Forward Planning or Emotions.; Code: 8271; Price: £35.95; Full details…
Lifeball PLUS: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 2003; Follows the same style as Lifeball, but deals with more serious behavioural issues and covers drug and alcohol issues as well as introducing the topic of sexual behaviour.; Code: 8270; Price: £35.95; Full details…
LILAC: leading improvements for looked-after children: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Report of the LILAC project.; Price: Free; Full details…
Listening to young people: foster care the way forward: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2003; Report on the sons and daughters questionnaire, Voices from care project in Scotland (2003).; Price: Free; Full details…
Listening to young people: foster care the way forward : background: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2003; Background to the Voices from care project in Scotland (2003).; Price: Free; Full details…
Listening to young people: foster care the way forward : executive summary: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2003; Executive summary of the Voices from care project in Scotland (2003).; Price: Free; Full details…
Living in Foster Care: a guide for children: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Clear, colourful and accessible, this booklet has been developed as a result of our work with children and provides a cost-effective way of supporting looked-after children.; Code: 1150; Price: £9 members, £18 non-members (pack of 10); Full details…
Living in Foster Care: a guide for young people: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2007; Clear, colourful and accessible, this booklet has been developed as a result of our work with young people and provides a cost-effective way of supporting looked-after young people.; Code: 1151; Price: £9 members, £18 non-members (pack of 10); Full details…
My Book About Me: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 1992; The Fostering Network's life history book, for children to colour in, draw pictures and write about themselves.; Code: 7116; Price: £5 members, £10 non-members; Full details…
My Family Fosters: a guide for sons and daughters of foster carers: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; This brand new handbook provides children whose family has chosen to foster with answers to the many questions they have. In straightforward language, it explains what fostering means, and why children and young people may be in foster care.; Code: 1152; Price: £7.50 members, £15 non-members; Full details…
My Family Fosters: a guide for sons and daughters of foster carers (pack of 10): Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; This brand new handbook provides children whose family has chosen to foster with answers to the many questions they have. In straightforward language, it explains what fostering means, and why children and young people may be in foster care.; Code: 1153; Price: £70 members, £140 non-members (pack of 10); Full details…
My Life Story: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 2003; This interactive resource for life story work takes the form of a treasure island, based on the idea that children's thoughts are like buried treasure.; Code: 8269; Price: £69.95; Full details…
Parenting fund project report: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2006; This report sets out the work of the Parenting Fund Project to date.; Price: Free; Full details…
Parenting Snakes and Ladders: Publisher: Information PLUS; Date: 2003; In the format of the popular board game, players have to choose the best option for dealing with a range of parenting problems.; Code: 8268; Price: £39.95; Full details…
Problematic: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2004; CD-Rom for ages 14 and above. Encourages young people to talk about life issues, choices and consequences via a radio phone-in show.; Code: 8277; Price: £35.95 (members and non-members); Full details…
Scottish Executive's national fostering and kinship care strategy consultation: February 2007: consultation with young people: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2006; Feedback report on the Scottish Executive's consultation paper on the forthcoming foster and kinship care strategy.; Price: Free; Full details…
Speakeasy: Publisher: Information Plus; Date: 2004; Fully interactive activities for children and young people. Can also generate a report for reviews.; Code: 8274; Price: £67.50 (members and non-members); Full details…
Thrive: special issue for sons and daughters: Publisher: The Fostering Network; Date: 2008; Special issue of the newsletter for looked after young people in Wales.; Price: Free; Full details…