Our Fostering Households Embracing Christmas!

Some of our regional fostering households have been putting on their Christmas hats early!

They were also happy for us to share some photos from their Christmas wellbeing events. First up, 16 of our Yorkshire and North East foster carers went for a lovely Christmas lunch at the The Old Mill in Brighouse on the 4th December. This provided our carers a wonderful opportunity to unwind and catch up with each other.

Yorkshire foster carers smiling at The Old Mill
Yorkshire foster carer pulling crackers at The Old Mill

If you thought the children were being left out, guess again! We took 59 of our Yorkshire and North East young people to The Clifton Park Christmas Adventure in Rotherham on 14th December.

The adventure was 90 minutes of firstly collecting a ‘Christmas Spirit Recipe’ which included filling a jar of laughter, decorating a ginger biscuit Christmas tree – and listening to a story before seeing Santa in his workshop with his very funny dancing pants machine! The experience was very interactive, so everyone enjoyed it! After that it was rides, mini golf, food and Christmas games in the entertainment tent.

We received some fantastic feedback from our young people!

Children getting involved in activities at The Clifton Park Christmas Adventure
A gingerbread tree made by children
Father Christmas at The Clifton Park Christmas Adventure
Santa and the Grinch with some little helpers smiling
Children meeting santa by a Christmas tree

Our West Midlands foster carers went for a lovely Christmas meal on 12th December. We think the smiling faces say it all!

Six foster carers in front of a christmas tree
Two fosters smiling and enjoying a drink
Two foster carers sat at a table smiling
Two foster carers touching heads whilst smiling at the camera
Five foster carers sat at a table smiling
Two smartly dressed male foster carers smiling
Two West Midlands Carers smiling at the camera

Finally, our North West carers went for a Christmas meal too…

North West foster carers at a Christmas meal
Ten foster carers smiling at a Christmas meal
Four North West carers at a table smiling

We love to see photos taken on our foster carer wellbeing days, so a big thank you to everyone who shared them with us. It just remains for us to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to all our foster carer teams, our young people and our staff. We hope you have a wonderful and positive New Year!

A christmas tree