Things to do around Birmingham this summer
How to keep children engaged during the summer holidays in Birmingham Want a great day out full of thrill seeking adventure, activity and fun? There are quite a few events and activities being organised around Birmingham which will be perfect fun for all the family. Curious About Birmingham! Explore, Discover & Enjoy Birmingham with two self-guided, quirky, heritage walks with an optional treasure hunt. Are you curious about Birmingham? Looking for an unusual and quirky activity which gets you out in the fresh air whatever the weather? Open till 26 Oct 2019 Touchwood’s urban beach is back in Solihull! You won’t have …
LGBT Fostering
If you are from the LGBT community, you may be wondering if fostering is something that could be for you. At Sunbeam Fostering Agency, we have many carers from the LGBT community to help provide loving, caring and safe environments for our children and young people. We welcome people from all walks of life, different backgrounds with all sorts of life experiences. People from the LGBT Community have been fostering and adopting children and there are many examples of children growing up safely and happily with LGBT foster carers. We believe that it’s your personal qualities that make you a …
My Fostering Story
My Fostering Story, At the age of 8 years old, I was placed into the care system due to at that time not being able to live with my biological mum. I was in foster care for 10 years in total; to begin with, I was placed with one family for 1 year. However, after 1 year of me being at the home, the placement broke down and was no longer suitable for me. I then moved to the placement that I lived in for the next 11 years. Initially, this placement was only going to be temporary, however as …
Sunbeam Pride Fostering Service
Sunbeam Pride Fostering Service is an Independent Fostering Agency registered with Ofsted providing high quality and well supported fostering placements for a diverse range of looked after children and young people. The company was established in 2009 and is based in Luton. Sunbeam Pride provide specialist placements for children with complex and challenging needs as well as mainstream foster care. We offer very competitive fostering allowances to cover the children’s needs and provide rates of pay for our carers and provide excellent support from skilled and experienced social workers. Sunbeam Pride offer a number of training courses for our foster …
16 Nutritious Kid-Friendly Recipes for the Grill
This summer, think outside! With a range of grilling recipes guaranteed to appeal to kids. As we head into summer grilling season, parents begin stocking up on that reliable, kid-friendly staple: the hot dog. As controversial as forcemeat can be—we’re looking at you, bologna! — the hot dog is nevertheless a standby option for filling bellies and making sure picky eaters get their daily calories. They’re easy to toss on the grill along with whatever the adults are eating. But for those of us who don’t want to feed our kids the same thing every day, here are some options …
A dozen places to go and things to do around West Midlands
With the summer holidays now in full swing, you may be thinking of some fun family activities that will entertain everyone! We have suggested a dozen places you could go and things to do around West Midlands this summer… 1. West Midland Safari Park (Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1LF) 2. Bouncing Oxygen Trampoline Park (Air Space Trampoline Park, Well Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton WV11 1TB) 3. Mars golf Mr Mulligans Birmingham (Unit 5-7, Broadway Plaza, Five Ways, Birmingham, West Midlands BI6 8LP) 4. Ackers Adventure (Golden Hillock Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 2PY) 5. Bowling Strike Acocks Green Bowl (Westley Road, …
Steps to become a foster carer
We’re here to make becoming a foster carer as easy as possible and will provide you with all the advice and guidance you need to help you start your fostering journey. We know that to achieve a healthy society our focus needs to be on children who need to be supported to build, achieve and succeed. This is a shared focus and we are here to support our foster carers in achieving this. Time scale from first enquiry to approval is approx 3-6 months Steps to become a foster carer 1.Make An Enquiry You can contact us on 02087990930 or …
Welcome to the Placement Team
Welcome to the Placement Team: Sunbeam Fostering Agency has a dedicated Placement Team. The team has a proactive approach to fully understanding carer’s availability and strengths and work closely with Supervising Social Workers (SSW) and Local Authority Commissioning Teams in order to offer well matched placements. Sunbeam holds various tenders across the county, which in turn maximises our placement opportunities and ensures we remain the key choice for Local Authorities. To further develop this, the team holds regular meetings with Local Authorities to ensure our positive working relationship is maintained and developed further. Meet your team: John Collins – Head …
Fostering Vs. Adoption
When looking to change a child or young person’s life, someone may look into fostering or adoption. Both choices make a great benefit to a child or young person’s life. Providing them with love and care, something that they may not have had before. But many people are unsure of the difference between fostering and adoption. What is fostering? Foster care is a system in which a child or young person has been placed into. A child can be placed into foster care for various reasons, such as; neglect, abuse, abandonment or they may just not be able to stay …
10 Fun Ideas For Your Family This Easter
The Easter break is now upon us. Schools have broken up for the holidays and you may be thinking of what fun activities you can do this Easter holiday’s that the whole family can get involved in. We have come up with 10 fun ideas to keep the whole family occupied this Easter Break! We hope we have given you some inspiration this Easter for activities with the kids, suited to all ages! Play your own Easter Egg Hunt: Creating your own Easter Egg hunt is the perfect opportunity to get the whole family involved! Set out eggs around the …
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This job is probably one of my favourites. Every day is different, every day has new challenges and every day has new rewards. It’s not always easy but each challenge you go through with the child bonds you and makes you both stronger for each other.
Foster Carer
We have been fostering for the last 8 years and feel proud to be a part of the Sunbeam family. At the beginning, we thought it’s a tough job, but the skills to foster initial training and the whole assessment procedure to become a carer was interesting, and it gave us both a broad insight into both the tough and rewarding side of what we were likely to encounter.
Hannah and Kashif
“Fostering is a rewarding experience as it allows you to actually make a difference for a child/young person. I feel happy being able to make such a difference whether it is for one day or several years.”
Asma
“When they told me that I had been approved for fostering, well I just cried. I was an emotional wreck and was so happy that I just couldn’t hold back my very, very, happy tears.”
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