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Happy Foster Mother’s Day! 💐🎁💝

Happy Foster Mother’s Day! 💐🎁💝

Happy Mother's Day to all foster mothers out there! Did you know that the origin of Mother's Day in the UK can be traced back to the 16th century? It was originally known as Mothering Sunday and was a day when people would return to their "mother church" and spend...

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

All at AFA abhor racism and all forms of discrimination. This article is not an attempt to promote AFA on the back of Black Lives Matter. We do, however, recognise the importance of continually pushing to change and that change has been needed for very many years. We...

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A message from our directors on Covid 19

A message from our directors on Covid 19

As a business we feel quite fortunate in the current crisis that we are an essential service delivering to the public sector and are able to continue to operate without disruption, something many businesses have not been able to do. Children in Local Authority Care...

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Guidance on Covid 19 for foster parents

Guidance on Covid 19 for foster parents

You will no doubt have found a lot of information on the internet on this subject, but here are some key links which will give you information and help: General Advice on Covid-19 Government guidance about coronavirus (COVID-19) for health professionals and other...

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Surviving to Thriving

Surviving to Thriving

We regularly identify current research, events or developments which we feel may interest you. This month I want to let you know about a free conference I attended in June 2019, which was organised by the British Red Cross, UpRising and the Refugee Council. The study...

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CSE Awareness Day: Sunday 18th March 2018

The National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding CSE, encouraging everyone to think, stop and speak out about abuse, and adopt a zero tolerance approach to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children or...

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