Fostering – your stories
Many people don't recognise that they already have the qualities to give a child the stability, love and care they need. Find out how four local couples took the plunge, and how fostering helped one teenager, Ruth.
- Tracey and Chris, Northiam – a mixed race couple with their own young children
- 'The reward is the pleasure in seeing children responding to just simple things like a bed, regular meals and a home life'.
- Lyn and Kenny, Bexhill – knew a family who fostered teenagers
- 'We had moved to a larger house and had quite a few spare rooms so lots of space to have more than our first two children. … there’s always something new to learn.'
- Pam and Dale, Eastbourne – wanted to help children who had an unfortunate start in life
- 'I love it when children who can be on a very limited diet when they first come end up eating every vegetable and fruit under the sun!'
- Penny and Tim, Wadhurst – foster with support from their older children
- 'A challenge for me in fostering would be to stay patient when there are five children in the house all wanting different things!'
- Ruth's story
- At the age of 15 fostering transformed Ruth's life. Ten years on, she has a partner and daughter of her own.
