FosterWiki Articles
FosterWiki’s 2023
FosterWiki’s 2023 was game-changing, but we all need more introspection and less self-congratulation Sarah Anderson – FosterWiki Founder I have pondered a great deal on this article, how to sum up 2023 at FosterWiki, how to talk about the enormity of what we have done this year and how to frame it. Then I remembered…
Is the current foster carer assessment process failing children?
Sarah Anderson, FosterWiki founder and NFCQ Co-Founder examines the government statistics on recruitment, assessment and approval, explores the efficacy of the traditional process and argues the case for urgent modernisation. According to the annual government statistics published last week, we have lost more foster carers than we gained, considering the urgent need for thousands more…
Foster care is a ticking time bomb here are 5 solutions
Author: Sarah Anderson, Founder FosterWikiPublished November 16th 2022 Whilst most will be aware there’s a national shortage of foster carers, fewer will be familiar with the national retention crisis, the synergy of these two is a ticking time bomb. The inescapable truth is simple; with no foster carers, there will be no foster care. Ofsted’s…
FosterWiki’s Sarah Anderson on the Trisha show
Talk TV Trisha Goddard talking to Sarah Anderson about Fostering and the John Lewis Christmas advert. “In case you didn’t notice and all those lovely adverts are on TV one of which this year is the John Lewis ad I don’t know if you’ve seen it it’s a middle-aged aged man teaching himself to skateboard…