The Fostering Network Scotland

The Fostering Network Scotland runs a range of projects to improve the lives of fostered children and young people across the nation, including our

• advice, information and mediation project
• young people's project
• recruitment and retention of foster carers project

Other key recent achievements in Scotland are:

• No time to lose: a manifesto for children and young people
• Caring for our children - review of foster care in Scotland
• Family and Friends foster care in Scotland - a report

Interested in becoming a foster carer?

Interested in finding out more about fostering? Why not drop into our Glasgow office, have a chat with the team and have your questions about fostering answered? We are holding an open house on Wednesday 15 July between 12.30pm and 3pm. If you’re interested in coming along, please phone 0141 204 1400 so we know to expect you. For more information on fostering see www.couldyoufoster.org.uk.

Forgotten voices: thoughts, ideas and feelings

Fostered children and young people, and the sons and daughters of foster carers express their views in prose and poetry based on their direct experience. This is available to download in a report, or download the DVD and hear the young people themselves sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings.

Copies of the DVD are available from the Scotland office, costing £23.50 plus VAT, plus £1.50 p&p. These are a valuable resource for training and raising awareness of the views of young people, in particular among foster carers, social and family placement workers and also among those with corporate parenting responsibilities.

Copies of the report are also available from the Scotland office. Telephone 0141 204 1400 or email scotland@fostering.net to order your copy.

Fostering in Scotland newsletter

The spring 2009 issue of this popular newsletter is now available to download.

Fostering Links project evaluation report

This report describes the impact that the Fostering Links project has made in the last three years in strengthening the fostering community and enabling them to have an nfluence on policy, practice and developments in foster care.

Download An Evaluation of the Fostering Links Project, November 2007 (pdf: 1.37MB)