Poppy and Dale’s Story- Celebrating Diversity

Here at Fostering Rotherham, the wellbeing of the children and young people in our care is our ultimate priority. We strive to promote the importance of developing a positive identity with our looked after children and encourage children and carers to embrace diversity in our community. We provide carers with specialist support and appropriate training for children in care who may have a different cultural heritage or religion to their own. Read on for Poppy and Dale’s fostering story as they share their experience of fostering children from a range of diverse backgrounds.

Sara & Dennis' Story

Sara and Dennis are Level 4 foster carers, they have a 16 year old son and have been fostering for eight years. Sara previously worked in the textile industry and travelled the world which meant that she was away from home a lot. The couple had always wanted to foster but Sara’s job meant that it wasn’t practical. When Sara was made redundant the family saw it as the perfect opportunity to apply to become foster carers.

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Linda's Story

Throughout her years as a foster carer, Linda has faced some tougher times, taking on challenging placements with children with specialist and complex needs but she feels that with each challenge comes a reward “when each child leaves, they leave with a piece of your heart.”

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