Foster for RBWM

01/03/2018

Find out about fostering as part of LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week

There is still time to book a place for information sessions on fostering in Windsor and Maidenhead.
Come and see a short film in VR on the positive impact fostering can have on the lives of children as part of LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week.
The Cornerstone Partnership is supporting the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s Family Placement Team in trying to raise awareness that fostering is open to anyone.
LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week runs from March 5th – 11th and is a great chance to find out more about the possibilities of helping children across the borough.
Foster carers will be available to answer questions at the following events:
• Wednesday, March 7th from 9-11am
Drop-In Information Session at Woodlands Park Village Centre, Manifold Way
• Sunday, March 11th from 2-5.30pm
Soroptimist International conference celebrating International Women’s Day at Desborough Theatre, Town Hall, Maidenhead
• Thursday, March 15th from 10am – 12pm
Treehouse Café, Windsor Baptist Church, Victoria Street, Windsor
• Thursday, March 15th 3-5pm
Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Maidenhead

To book a place call Rebecca on 01628 636376 or email [email protected]

14/12/2017

Come and share a cuppa and find out how you can be a Foster Carer for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead at one of our coffee morning information sessions https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200146/adoption_and_fostering/844/fostering_information_evenings

08/12/2017

Look out for dates in 2018 for Information Coffee mornings where you can come and meet Foster Carers and chat about how you can be making a difference. Already booked:

Treehouse Café in Windsor Baptist Church on:

January 19th 10am-12noon
February 6th 7-9pm
March 15th 10am - 12noon
April 20th 7-9pm

More dates in and around the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to come.

In the meantime, here's a fab resource to pick up for a great cause if you are out and about shopping and want to know more about attachment and trauma and fostering.

28/09/2017

As it's National Poetry Day we thought it might be nice to share this with you. An article about how poet Solomon Ogunmefun-Brooker was inspired by his Foster Carers.

The winner of a national live poetry contest today revealed his foster parents inspired his work and that he “wants to make them proud”. Solomon Ogunmefun-Brooker was crowned National Poetry Slam champion at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. The 24-year-old had audience members welling up as he recit...

12/09/2017

Are you interested in Fostering? Find out about what it takes to be a Foster Carer. Come and speak to social workers and our carers at the Fostering Information Evening on Tuesday, September 19 at the Town Hall in St Ives Road, Maidenhead from 6.30pm - 8pm. Pop in for a coffee and chat and find out how you can be making a difference to a child's life. https://www3.rbwm.gov.uk/info/200146/adoption_and_fostering/844/fostering_information_evenings

11/09/2017

Could you be the one we are looking for? We need people aged over 21 who are committed to helping children and young adults. Foster Carers are needed across the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Find out how you can be making a difference. Call Rebecca on 01628 636376 or email [email protected] http://bit.ly/2qxztcp

16/08/2017

The Fostering Network has a good source of information about fostering and all you need to know. https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/

15/06/2017

Do you have space in your heart and a room in your home to help a local child? We are looking for residents to join our fantasic fostering family and to open up their home to care for a child or teenager. Book a place on our Information Evening on Tuesday, June 20th from 6.30pm at the Town Hall in St Ives Road, Maidenhead or to find out more about becoming a Foster Carer for RBWM call Rebecca on 01628 636376 or email [email protected]

01/03/2017

Adult £17.50, Over 60 / Student (with valid ID) £16.00, Under 17 / Disabled £10.00, Under 5 Free, Family £45.00 (2 adults and 3 under 17s)

28/02/2017

We are pleased to have 3 Initial Visits booked in for early March. It could be you! If you have been thinking about fostering, call us on 01628 683201.

27/02/2017

Senior Youth Club session at 4 Marlow Road from 6:45 – 9:15pm (13-19yrs old) come down and see what we are doing.

22/02/2017

Unfortunately this Thursday's Therapeutic Support Group has been cancelled. All RBWM Foster Carers are welcome to come along to the next Therapeutic Support Group on Thursday 9th March, 7.30pm - 9.30pm.