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Queen Elizabeth
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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 child adopted
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…

Safehouses at the Pink Picnic
News

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…

Celebrating Foster Care Fortnight
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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.…

Memory Boxes
Participation

Memory boxes

At Safehouses we recently held a craft day where our young people made ‘memory boxes’, to keep their precious items…

Earth Day 2022
Participation

Celebrating Earth Day

Well done to J, who had the winning design in our Earth Day artwork competition! We asked the young people…

Gareth
Foster Stories

Gareth’s foster story

Meet Gareth. One of our care leavers, Gareth explains in the video below, what it has meant to him to…

National Care Day 2022
Participation

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…

foster carers paul and debbie
Foster Stories

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…