Seven members of the Fostering Network have their work recognised in the recent honours list
The Fostering Network's president David Hadjicostas is among the Queen's birthday honours. He received an MBE while there were double-MBE households in the London Borough of Camden and East Sussex.
David, a fire fighter for Essex Fire and Rescue Service, has been fostering for 13 years. He became president of the Fostering Network in 2005 and was previously its chair.
John and Moira
Doneo, from Camden, have fostered 250 children and adopted two
children over 40 years. They have four children of their own. They
are pictured receiving a certificate for long service fostering. At
the moment they have girls aged two years and six months and a
16-year-old boy who has been with them since he was four years.
John is from Malta and came to Britain after service in the Royal Navy in the 1950s. He is chairman of Camden Association of Foster Care and runs their web page. Moira is of Italian-Scottish descent.
Ann and Denis
Holder of East Sussex, pictured, are another double-MBE household.
Over the last 32 years they have fostered more than 100 children,
plus their own child and two adopted children. They have fostered
every age group and children with special needs. They have also
provided respite for other special needs carers.
Doreen Silman, a foster carer and foster care association chair in Oxfordshire, has also been awarded an MBE.
Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network commented:
"I would like to send our congratulations to these foster carers for their individual contributions - these awards are richly deserved. But they also reflect on the work and standing of foster caring generally."
Foster carers inlcuded in honours list
- Mr John Doneo. Foster Carer, London Borough of Camden. For services to Children and Families. (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire). Member of the Fostering Network.
- Mrs Moira Doneo. Foster Carer, London Borough of Camden. For services to Children and Families. (Borehamwood, Hertfordshire). Member of the Fostering Network.
- Mr David Thomas Hadjicostas. President, The Fostering Network and Foster Carer, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. For services to Children and Families. (Shoeburyness, Essex). Member of the Fostering Network.
- Mrs Anne Henry Duncan Holder. Foster Carer, East Sussex. For services to Children and Families. (Rotherfield, East Sussex). Member of the Fostering Network.
- Mr Denis John Holder. Foster Carer, East Sussex. For services to Children and Families. (Rotherfield, East Sussex). Member of the Fostering Network.
- Mrs Doreen Brayne Sillman. Foster Carer, Oxfordshire. For services to Children and Families. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire). Member of the Fostering Network.
- Mrs Lorraine Taylor. Foster Carer. For services to children and families (Banff, Banffshire). Member of the Fostering Network.