My name is Amy. I've been in care since I was eight years old and I've been with my FFI foster carers since I was 14. I'm in foster care because my mum had a problem with drink which meant she couldn't look after me and my two younger brothers.
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When she arrived, Aoife kept her head down and only spoke when she was spoken to. Very early on, I realised taking another foster child wouldn't be beneficial to Aoife – she needed one to one support and we are happy to provide that.
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Mark came into care when he was 9 years of age. This is his story and how his time in care shaped his life. Things weren’t really great, I was living with mum and she wasn’t the most stable at that time. I was in and out of school with suspensions, constantly in trouble and […]
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I’ve been in foster care since I was 9 years old. My life was not what you would call tragic before I came into foster care but there were certainly reasons for me needing to come into care. Since I have been in care I have lived with family and I have lived with strangers. […]
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