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Events
We hold regular in-person and online events for anyone who wants to have an informal chat with some of our wonderful foster carers and learn more about fostering.
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Makers Market
Come along to the Makers Market at Quayside Media City in Salford, to learn more about Fostering with the Safehouses…
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Coffee Morning at The Fleece
Come along to this Coffee Morning at The Fleece to learn more about Fostering with the Safehouses team.
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South Manchester Food Festival
Come along to South Manchester Food Festival at Whthenshawe Park to learn more about Fostering with Wayne and Jess.
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Recruitment Stall at David Lloyd Heywood
Come along and see us at our recruitment stall at David Lloyd Heywood to learn more about Fostering with Nicola…
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Coffee Morning
Come along to this Coffee Morning at The Fleece in Oldham to learn more about Fostering with the Safehouses Team.
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Tesco – Stockport
Come along to Tesco at Stockport to learn more about Fostering with our team Tilly and Georgia. Find out about…
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Tesco – Stockport
Come along to Tesco at Stockport to learn more about Fostering with the Safehouses Fostering. Find out about the different…
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Tesco – Stockport
Come along to Tesco at Stockport to learn more about Fostering with Safehouses Fostering. Find out about the different types…
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Take a look at some of the activities we’ve been running with our children and young people.
Latest news
Find out what’s been happening with the Safehouses team and our foster families.
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Why foster teenagers? Tackling the youth foster carer crisis in…
Overview: A look at the urgent need for more homes for teenagers in foster care and the need for foster…
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How to meet children’s needs in a trans-racial foster placement
Overview: A look at the rising demand for foster carers in Manchester. Important considerations and tips for successful trans-racial foster…
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How to become foster care approved in Manchester – a…
Overview: A summary of how to become a foster parent in Manchester, looking at steps for foster care approval. Plus,…
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Safehouses Fostering and Adoption Support in Manchester – top tips…
Overview: A look at the support available for foster carers in Manchester and surrounding areas and differences between adoption and…
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Short-term fostering in Manchester – how does it work, and…
Overview: Exploring short-term fostering in Manchester and surrounding areas, including how much you get paid for short-term fostering and respite…
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Celebrating Community this Foster Care Fortnight
Foster Care Fortnight 2023 is celebrated from 15th – 28th May. This year the theme is #FosteringCommunties! Foster Care Fortnight 2023 is a…
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Parent and child fostering in and around Manchester – what…
Overview: Here, we will explore parent and child fostering in Manchester and the support available for Safehouses foster carers. We…
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How We’re Celebrating Care Day 2023
Friday, 17 February, is Care Day – the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience! This…
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Self care at Christmas
Christmas, the period around it, and winter in general can bring moments of real joy, but they can also present…
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In Memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
Safehouses was deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. During the 70 years of…
Foster Stories
Becky’s foster story
Meet Becky, 29, from Oldham. Becky was a teenager when her own parents started fostering and now she is following…
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Safehouses at The Pink Picnic
We recently had a great time at The Pink Picnic in Salford celebrating pride, whilst chatting to people about their…
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Celebrating Foster Care Fortnight
In celebration of Foster Care Fortnight, we had a fantastic celebration with our foster carers to mark this special time.…
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Memory boxes
At Safehouses we recently held a craft day where our young people made ‘memory boxes’, to keep their precious items…
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Celebrating Earth Day
Well done to J, who had the winning design in our Earth Day artwork competition! We asked the young people…
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Gareth’s foster story
Meet Gareth. One of our care leavers, Gareth explains in the video below, what it has meant to him to…
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Celebrating National Care Day
Today is #CareDay22 and we’re celebrating our amazing children and young people with experience of the care system. We want…
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Paul and Debbie’s foster story
“We had talked about fostering for years but we waited until out our youngest child had grown up. The Out…
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Wayne’s foster story
Meet Wayne Brown. You might know him as the Service Manager for Safehouses Fostering – but he has also had…
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What type of foster carer should I be and why?
If you’ve decided to pursue a career in foster care then that’s amazing news to us. In our opinion, you’ve…
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Meet our foster carer
Foster Carer Q&A: Karen from West Yorkshire Safehouses stalwart, Karen, has fostered 27 children since becoming a foster carer with us…
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Are you an experienced foster carer? Here are five reasons…
Foster carers everywhere we salute you. Every day you go above and beyond to provide a safe and nurturing home environment for a child or young person…
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Do I need experience with children to be a foster…
As with most things in life, previous experience makes everything a little easier but it’s definitely not essential to become…