“When we first started our journey with Five Rivers Fostering, little did we know the wonderful family we were about to gain, with all the fun and acceptance which that entails. As the days, weeks and months passed and placements were made, we experienced deep veins of support and guidance from all professionals. Every success was celebrated and each…”

“Bringing children into your home, helping them and seeing them change in front of your eyes is so rewarding! Knowing that what you do is helping the children and their families, it’s such a good feeling when all goes well and the children can return home. We found since we have fostered it has brought out feelings in us, we didn’t know we had…”

“Our initial assessment and training took place over a six month period and involved regular meetings with our link social worker from Five Rivers Fostering. We were trained for fostering in general, and for emergency care fostering in particular…”

Initially, it was quite daunting to receive a phone call in the middle of the night seeking to place a young person in our care…