Philip Watson
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Foster carer, recruiter of foster carers for Liverpool City Council, adopter, birth father and purveyor of quality compost. All views are my own
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He’s a kid. He lives in our house. He calls me ‘Phil’ or ‘Dad’ depending on his mood. He’s had a crap past but has a great future
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A foster kid arrived on the last Friday of the summer holiday, He started a new school on the Monday. At the end of the day as kids ran into the arms of their parents, he whispered to his teacher “I know that man”. I was that man. I was a stranger, but the only stranger he knew.
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This Mum adopted this son. She has cancer, diabetes and an indomitable spirit. This son has additional needs, eats everything in sight, and loves his Mum. Follow their story on Race Across the World BBC2. It’s beautiful
@AdoptionUK
@adoptmerseyside
@Home4Gd
@adopt_matters
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Our Dad died yesterday.
He suffered a heart attack whilst pottering in his beloved back garden.
He’ll be gutted to have missed the T20 Final and QPR’s possible promotion to The Premier League, but if a man could have chosen how and where, this would have been it
@QPR
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Many kids will be anxious about school. It may be terrifying for kids in our care system. Sewing kisses into their sleeve is a visual reminder that they will not be forgotten and will be collected at home time. 😘to all foster carers and adopters
@lpoolfostering
@Home4Gd
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My mate Dave runs Madlug. Madlug sell bags. For every bag they sell, Madlug gives another bag to a Kid in Care. Madlug have given 1000 bags to Liverpool City Council. No kid should carry their life in a bin bag.
@wearemadlug
@lpoolfostering
@bazkush
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A former foster kid has tracked me down on Instagram. He’s studying Computing at university and still has the Fernando Torres top I gave him. Fostering makes a difference
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
@TACTCare
@sreddy100
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8 years ago, a Social Worker dropped this kid at our house. Today that kid has our heart, own name and a place in our Wills
#adoption
#foster
@AdoptionUK
@Home4Gd
@adopt_matters
@lpoolfostering
@adoptmerseyside
@AdoptionFocus
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Kids in care do best when social workers, teachers and foster carers listen to each other and learn from one another …what we say will echo into the future. Many thanks
@Luke_Rodgers
@TheCareLeaders
@VSLpool
@llpartnership
@lpoolfostering
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We got approved to foster 10 years ago. We had to explain our life story, get references, go on a course, have a medical and have a police check. It took 9 months and it was worth it.
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@Surreyfostering
@Isfostering
@FosteringGlos
@sthelenscouncil
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We’ve fostered white kids, black kids, big kids and little kids. They’ve all wanted to be safe and loved
@BBC2
@LennyHenry
@lpoolfostering
@KitdeWaal
#mynameisleon
is beautiful and heartbreaking and a call to foster without prejudice!
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What do you call a Scouser in a suit? Adopted! Here’s our boy legally becoming one of us. The judge let him suit in his chair! adoption
@Talk_Adoption
@GayAdoptionDad
@howtobeadopted
@AUKAdopterVoice
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Liverpool has over 1500 kids in care. Could you foster one?
@DanHaygarth1
@Carra23
@speedomick
@LivEchoLFC
@LivEchoEFC
@lpoolfostering
@thisisanfield
@EITC
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7 years ago, the little kid in this photo got into his social worker’s car with the last of his belongings, and went to live with his adopting family. We waved, we closed the front door, and we all burst into tears. If the price of a kid having a home is our tears, we’ll pay it.
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I’ve taught just about 1000 kids at GCSE over 25 years.
Some results would suggest I’m an incredible teacher and you should deffo be in my class.
Quite often, the polar opposite is true.
Kids aren’t data.
#gcse
#results
@secretHT1
@NewbieSlt
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Birth son leads foster son to his first day at a new school. This foster son had arrived the day before and was starting in Year 2. An anxious day for him made easier.
@lpoolfostering
@DovedalePrimary
@LdsFosteringAdv
@Home4Gd
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Having a rubbish January Tuesday? This will cheer you up. One of our foster kids conducting in the kitchen!
@mhtodaymag
@NIMHgov
@calm
@ClassicalMusic_
@ClassicFM
@BBCRadio3
@liverpoolphil
@SimonRattle
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My childhood was challenging.
I was in care.
A teacher with the nickname of Streaky Bacon took us sailing…and that changed everything…
Big love to all the teachers, regardless of nickname, who make a difference.
#Raceacrosstheworld
@lpoolfostering
@VSLpool
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Progress can be glacial, but we’re going in the right direction. Happy birthday Little Man! 14 today, with us for 8 years!
@sallydwrites
@AdoptionUK
@adoptmerseyside
@AdoptionFocus
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@BBCr4today
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Fatboy Slim is 57. Foster Carers need to be at least 21. There’s no top age
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@TACTCare
@FatboySlim
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Hello. I’ve just been chatting about my favourite fostering story on
@theJeremyVine
@bbc2
If you think you could make a difference to a child, contact your Council
@lpoolfostering
@Home4Gd
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The little fella in the middle looks just like any other kid off for a walk with his Grandparents. He had just turned 4. He’d been in Foster Care for about 6 months. He’d just learnt to trust my Mum and Dad. It takes a village to raise a child.
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Every kid at Liverpool City Council’s Foster Party has left with a Madlug bag. No kid’s life should fit in a bin bag
@wearemadlug
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
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7 years ago I found myself at Liverpool Town Hall talking about fostering. I haven’t stopped talking since.
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
@krishk
@BirtHelenor
@sreddy100
@Stu_williams_
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Some Foster Carers look after 100s of kids. We’ve ‘only’ managed 7. The little kid has been with us 2860 days and nights. The big kid is our birth son
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
@sreddy100
@Stu_williams_
@TACTCare
@LdsFosteringAdv
@BFDfostering
@Surreyfostering
@Foster_FCC
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We’ve learnt a lot about neurodiversity from the kids we’ve fostered. They’ve enriched our lives
@ADHDFoundation
@garymillar
@AlisonMoyet
@lpoolfostering
@VSLpool
@Carolyn_Lawler_
@DirEd_Liverpool
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Our Dad died whilst planting his pansies back in November.
5 months later, they have begun to flower.
This has delighted my heart.
There’s always hope.
@TheMontyDon
@CharlieDymock
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This woman is smiling, not because her son is going off to University, but because she can now delete:-
1. Parent Pay
2. Parent Mail
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I bumped into
@sreddy100
in Cunard. I was with a foster kid..within minutes this kid and the Head of Children’s Services were having a Wizard Wand Battle. Beautiful.. and that kid still remembers.
@MetroMayorSteve
@lpoolcouncil
@Stu_williams_
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6 years ago a social worker dropped off a 6 year old at our house on a short term basis. A year later, his status was changed to long term. A year later the kid added himself to our family photo. We adopted him
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“Phil, you’re the best Dad I’ve ever had. The others were sh*t.” However you got your Dad, have a good one!
@adoptmerseyside
@AdoptionUK
@Home4Gd
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An inspiring and utterly engaging evening with
@KitdeWaal
@thereaderorg
with
@readerjanedavis
… every child deserves a loving home
@lpoolfostering
@adoptmerseyside
#mynameisleon
@krishk
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You get paid to foster and you get an allowance to buy stuff that a kid might need. We follow the principle that if it’s good enough for our birth kids, it’s good enough for a foster kid. In Liverpool, Foster Carers don’t pay Council Tax. I hate shopping
@lpoolfostering
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Have you seen the John Lewis Christmas Advert?
You don’t have to be able to skateboard to foster but you will deffo learn new skills
@JohnLewisRetail
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
@LivEchonews
@Liverpoolone5
@MetroMayorSteve
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42 of the 10,000 Kindertransport children were kept safe from harm in this Liverpool home. ‘Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire’
@lpoolcouncil
@KTAKinder
@UCL_Holocaust
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I fell asleep on the sofa and awoke to find this written on my arm. Both the literacy and the attachment are coming along. Foster Carers learn to collect the golden moments
@lpoolfostering
@Carolyn_Lawler_
@TACTCare
@LdsFosteringAdv
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A 6 year old got dropped at ours on Friday. He started at school on Monday. I fetched him at 3.20pm. ‘I think I know that man’ he told his teacher, pointing at me. I was a stranger, but I was the only stranger he knew.
@lpoolfostering
@DovedalePrimary
@fosteringnet
@Home4Gd
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We got approved to foster 11 years ago. We had a medical, got police checked, went on training and filled in a big form with a Social Worker. Best thing we’ve ever done
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@TACTCare
@Isfostering
@Foster_
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Man in suit: Do you think some of your stories put people off fostering?
Me: I hope so
The children deserve to be looked after by people who are as prepared as possible
@sallydwrites
@lpoolfostering
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There are 1450 kids in care in Liverpool. None of us can look after all of them, but some of us can look after one of them. ‘I made a difference to that one’!
@lpoolfostering
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I’m learning how to make balloon penguins with Alder Hey’s resident magician and comedian
@AlderHeyCharity
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John’s Dad abandoned him and his Mum had significant mental health issues. His Auntie Mimi stepped in and provided a home and security. For kids with no Auntie Mimi, there’s mainstream foster care. Happy birthday John
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
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I’m a white, British, Londoner.
I’m at Everton v Chelsea with a kid who isn’t any of those things.
It’s his first match.
The beauty of this is not lost on me.
@Home4Gd
@TarnBright
@krishk
@HarwoodAliArt
@DabDad
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The wonderful
@PCPCoffee
sell gorgeous coffee and support people who are homeless. About 40% of the people living on the streets have Ben in care. I’m yet to meet one for whom it’s a lifestyle choice
@lpoolfostering
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Anedote:
Last night I danced with several thousand mask free strangers.
We all had to have a Negative Covid Test to gain entry. Within seconds I felt completely comfortable dancing, leaping and cavorting. I will do another test to see if I got Covid at the gig.
@DPH_MAshton
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We got approved to foster 13 years ago
The process took about 9 months
We had to explain our life story, get references, go on a course and get a medical
It was worth it.
@lpoolfostering
@JTurnross
@Stu_williams_
@CllrLizParsons
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This is the proud look of a man whose son has made a friend, hatched a reasonable plan to meet said friend, and successfully gone off to meet that friend, and done this all on his own.
#foster
#neurodiverse
.
#adopter
#proud
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This kid gets up, gets showered, gets dressed, gets breakfast snd gets out the house with minimal input from us! Our milestones may not be your milestones, but they work for us
#foster
#adopt
@lpoolfostering
@adoptmerseyside
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I’m at Pride. Foster carers can be of any sexual orientation or in any kind of relationship
@lpoolfostering
@sreddy100
@Stu_williams_
@lpoolcouncil
#pride
#fostering
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These umbrellas represent neurodiversity. Never underestimate what you can learn from someone who is not wired like you
@ADHDwiseUK
@autismspeaks
@PSNeurodiverse
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Liverpool has 1501 kids in its Care System. If you think you could look after one, contact
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
@sreddy100
@Carolyn_Lawler_
@DirEd_Liverpool
@LivEchonews
@LpoolCityRegion
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I’ve put a chair on the pavement and set up a ‘socially distanced’ foster drop in on the street. FaceTime/tweet me/call me, and we can have a chat! Fostering never stops!
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My Mum feels very much at home
@JohnLewisRetail
. My Mum has made many foster kids feel at home by welcoming them to our family
@HarwoodAliArt
@lpoolfostering
@Liverpool_ONE
@sreddy100
@Stu_williams_
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“I love my Mum because she adopted me into her life and loves me like her birth child, and she is the best mum”
#NationalAdoptionWeek
@AdoptionUK
@adoptmerseyside
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I’ve just had a fantastically energy filled zoom with
@Carolyn_Lawler_
about helping the 1501 kids in the Liverpool Care System
@sreddy100
@lpoolfostering
#everychildmatters
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This is a story about a little kid getting brave enough to leave the house. Foster Carers learn to ignore traditional milestones, and grab victories when they can
@lpoolfostering
@FosterCareCoop
@Home4Gd
@LdsFosteringAdv
@Isfostering
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Here’s a story about a kid we fostered. He tracked me down on Instagram and we chat regularly. I’m helping him piece together the events of his time in care
@emmavprior
@danprior
@lpoolfostering
@CareLeavers
@KensingPrimary
@Carolyn_Lawler_
@VSLpool
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If you live with a kid who has experienced significant trauma, you treasure the golden moments. Written in my notebook
@lpoolfostering
@TACTCare
@AdoptionUK
@adoptmerseyside
@adopt_matters
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We’ve been married longer than we’ve not. Here’s some of what we’ve learnt.
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There are 1577 (roughly) poppy seeds in my hand representing the 1577 Looked after Children in Liverpool. Each one needs and deserves a home
@lpoolfostering
@sreddy100
@Stu_williams_
@CllrLauraRC
@WavertreeLD
@imagineifjames
@fraz_lake
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The King has met me! At 73, he’s not too old to foster. He also has several spare rooms, and may be able to foster a sibling group.
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@BarryKeoghan
wins! It’s great to see a care experienced person do so well. Find out about how you can foster
@lpoolfostering
@TACTCare
@LdsFosteringAdv
@foster4kirklees
@SheffieldFoster
@walesfoster
@FosteringGlos
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One Monday morning a 10 yr old said bye to his Mum and went to school. That day his Mum got ill and was hospitalised. Social workers got him from school and dropped him at ours at 4pm. He stayed for 6 months. Strangers are welcome here.
@lpoolfostering
@FosterCareCoop
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Dropping birth son at university…he gets his room for 40 weeks. I have no idea how you’d manage to do this if you were in care and didn’t have a team of grownups to help
@CareLeavers
@TheCareKid
#freshers
#university
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The man is my Dad, the woman is my Mum, and the little boy is a foster kid. It takes a family within a community to raise a child. This kid’s family had some problems so we lent him ours.
@lpoolfostering
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I love ‘first day’ back to school photos.
Foster kids can’t generally be on social media.
It’s another rite of passage that they miss out on.
When we adopted Super K, one of the things he was looking forward to was ‘being on Facebook like normal people’
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I fell asleep on the sofa. I woke up to find this had been written on my arm. I’d have it tattooed if I could. Savour the golden moments
@lpoolfostering
@CllrWendySimon
@DabDad
@Foster_FCC
@FosteringGlos
@NicolaWormald2
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The first 1,000 days of life are crucial. Foster carers and adopters start counting from conception
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My wife organised a date night for us in 2010. She took me to a Community Centre to learn about fostering. It was one of the most significant nights out we’ve ever had, and led to us having several more children!
@BirtHelenor
@Home4Gd
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
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I’ve been with the fantastic staff
@OLGHLiverpool
learning about how we can help Liverpool’s 1500+ kids in Care. If you want free CPD, get in touch
@MrsOlushonde
@lpoolfostering
@sreddy100
@DirEd_Liverpool
@Stu_williams_
@VSLpool
@Carolyn_Lawler_
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Maria has been fostering for 25 years, has more tattoos than she can count and has won Merseyside Woman of the year! Wow!
@lpoolfostering
@lpoolcouncil
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We got our first Christmas as foster carers all wrong
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@TACTCare
@fosteringnet
@SheffieldFoster
@foster4kirklees
@BFDfostering
@FosterCareCoop
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Here’s a little story to stir the heart. We still know this kid. He’s doing great and with a family who love him
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@TACTCare
@FosteringGlos
@fosterforESCC
@CheshireFoster4
@Isfostering
#
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Couple who fostered over 600 children in total retire after 56 years. What an enormous difference these people have made!
@lpoolfostering
@TACTCare
@LdsFosteringAdv
@Isfostering
@Surreyfostering
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Liverpool is great. Some kind soul put a big leaf in my bike seat to keep it dry
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This young man leaves for Uni tomorrow. I’ve been thinking about his annoying habits so as not to miss him too much
1. Robs my beer
2. Confuses ‘near the bin’ with ‘in the bin‘
3. Leaves massive trainers everywhere
4. Thinks towels dry on the floor
6. Beats me at golf
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Odd Socks - to highlight the issue of bullying. It’s not banter and it’s not funny
@Carolyn_Lawler_
@VSLpool
@sreddy100
@DirEd_Liverpool
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I’m visiting Anfield and passing by Goodison. Together the two stadia have a capacity of 94,740. That’s about the same number of children in Care in the UK
@TACTCare
@Home4Gd
@FosterCareCoop
@lpoolfostering
@LFC
@ThePeoplesGroup
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Dropped a kid at Uni?
1. Go home and have a cry
a cheap holiday
3. Marvel at the tidiness of your home and reduced laundry pile
4. Hear from them, and transfer the required £££
5. Consider using your extra room for Respite Fostering
@lpoolfostering
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Kids in care want the same as you and me. If you could offer safety, security, warmth, love, some stuff, and a comb, get in touch
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@FosteringGlos
@BFDfostering
@Surreyfostering
@Foster_FCC
@Home4Gd
@TACTCare
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@theJeremyVine
@BBCRadio2
Thanks for having me on your show Jeremy. If anyone is inspired to foster by my story, please contact your Council. We started fostering for
@lpoolfostering
ten years ago. Never regretted it
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I’m down The Albert Dock thinking about ways to find Foster Carers for the 1504 kids in the Liverpool Care System
@lpoolcouncil
@lpoolfostering
@sreddy100
@Carolyn_Lawler_
@DirEd_Liverpool
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I think this is a pretty good summary
@lpoolfostering
@TACTCare
@Surreyfostering
@Isfostering
@foster4kirklees
@VSLpool
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We fostered a kid who called me Dad in the house, Phil when out and about, and Philippe when we took him to France. He also called me Philippe if we ate croissants.
#neverdull
@lpoolfostering
@sreddy100
@LdsFosteringAdv
@BFDfostering
@Surreyfostering
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This Grandma stepped in as a kinship carer (family and friends) when Mum and Dad couldn’t look after their son. For kids with no Grandma, there’s main stream foster care. Big love to all carers
@kinshipcharity
@lpoolfostering
@TACTCare
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Our kid on Twitter …. And he’s got a medal for UFC, and he’s passed his driving test AND he met Basil Brush when he was 3!
#proud
@BirtHelenor
"Fostering has brought our family closer together" - Jamie👪
During
#SonsandDaughtersMonth
special thanks go out to all son's and daughters within fostering families. The value of their contribution is more than they could ever know!
👂 -
#fosterfamily
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Every kid has missed out on stuff over the last 12 months. We need to be patient and gracious to help them recover.
@lpoolfostering
@LdsFosteringAdv
@sallydwrites
@CharlotteDrury6
@TACTCare
@fosteringnet
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I’m sowing 1577 poppy seeds representing the children in care in Liverpool.
If you’d like to find out about fostering, please get in touch
@lpoolfostering
@CllrLauraRC
@fraz_lake
@scouseflowers
@WavertreeWard
@ILoveSeftonPark
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I’m promoting fostering
@LFC
All our kids deserve the best education we can give them.
@lpoolfostering
@VSLpool
@Stu_williams_
#inliverpool
#belonging
@Carolyn_Lawler_
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