Foster parents Steve and Julie from Dumfries and Galloway have welcomed four brothers into their family, and are encouraging other people to consider fostering sibling groups to give brothers and sisters in care the opportunity to grow up together.
Emma, 42, and her husband Derek, 51, have been short break foster carers for Barnardo’s for the past four years. The couple have two daughters, who are both in their 20s, and live in Tyne and Wear, and have written about their experiences for us.
A trip to her local shopping centre proved life changing for Shirley Blair and her husband Trevor after she picked up a Barnardo’s information leaflet about fostering.
Trishun and Matt have been Barnardo’s foster carers since 2020, and have so far fostered five children on short term emergency placements. This is their story.
