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When Christine Lunn talks about fostering, she doesn’t speak about awards or achievements. Instead, she talks about love and care. For more than five decades, Christine has opened her home to over 200 babies and children from across Rotherham, providing short-term and emergency fostering while plans for their long-term future were being made. During some of the most uncertain moments in their young lives, her home became a place of safety, stability and care. In recognition

Emotional wellbeing for children in foster care is built through everyday moments, trusted relationships and feeling listened to without pressure. This blog explores how foster carers and therapeutic support from Empower help children feel safe, understood and supported, using attachment-informed and therapeutic parenting approaches that strengthen stability and help families move forward together.

Identity, culture and belonging matter for every child. For children in foster care, foster carers play an important role in actively supporting a child’s race, culture, faith and background through everyday actions at home.

At Fostering Rotherham, we know that fostering is about more than providing a place for a child to live. It’s about building strong, supportive relationships, looking after everyone in the household, and being part of a community that understands the realities of caring for children and young people.  That’s why we’re always looking at how we can better support our foster carers and their families - not just in their role as carers, but in their day-to-day lives too.  As part

For children in foster care, belonging and identity can be complex. Fostering plays an important role in providing stability and support during this time.

Fostering Rotherham is celebrating the extraordinary kindness of Steve, one of our dedicated foster carers, who is once again stepping into the role of Father Christmas to bring festive joy to children across the borough.