We first heard about By the Bridge on our local radio station. Fostering was something we had considered since the birth of our twin girls and had always felt that we could somehow help before we had our own...
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Ali and Zebon's Fostering Story
Zebon and I have been Foster Parents since 2006, Fostering children from all background’s, needs and ages. We enquired to Foster with By the Bridge over six years ago and have successfully Fostered a number of children with them ever since...
Read moreDiane and Colin's Fostering Story
Colin and I had spoken about looking into becoming Foster Parents back in 2011, however after talking with a local Social Worker at the time she advised us to consider waiting a little bit longer as our girls were still so young. Looking back now this was great advice for us with such a young family and being new to fostering...
Read moreAlexis and Ron's Fostering Story (now retired)
27 years ago, my husband Ron was lecturing at a local college and I was working for a fostering organisation. One Sunday I was covering their Out of Hours service and was contacted by a Foster Parent demanding that their 8 year old foster child was removed immediately...
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