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http://www.matchfostercare.co.uk

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31/10/2026

🎃Happy Halloween from everyone at Match!👻💜

We hope your day is filled with plenty of spooky fun, sweet treats and lots of smiles!🍬🕷️

Have a fang-tastic Halloween!🧡

29/10/2026

🎃Our Halloween craft day was full of creativity, spooky fun and lots of lovely moments! Getting stuck into some Halloween-themed activities and making memories along the way 🧡

22/10/2026

🍂Autumn is here, and there’s nothing better than slowing down and enjoying some cosy family time.

From little traditions to making memories together, here’s our Match autumn bucket list to help make the most of the season🧡

Which one are you doing first?

20/10/2026

Have you ever used an advocate for a child in your care?

Yesterday, the Department for Education published updated statutory guidance on children's advocacy, reinforcing the importance of ensuring children in care have their voices heard.

What do foster carers need to know?

-Advocacy isn't just for complaints. It can help children express their wishes and feelings about decisions affecting their lives.
-Children should be made aware of their right to advocacy and how to access independent support.
-Advocacy should be offered proactively, not just when something goes wrong.
-Children can change their minds about whether they want an advocate.

We'd love to hear from you. Have you supported a child to access an advocate? What was their experience?

Read the DfE guidance here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-standards-for-the-provision-of-childrens-and-yo…

17/10/2026

Bringing the Match team together to share ideas, reflect, and look at how we can keep making a difference💜

16/10/2026

Children of Foster Carers' Week | 12–18 October 2026

Fostering involves the whole family, and this week we want to recognise some of the people whose contribution can sometimes go unnoticed.

The children of foster carers play an incredibly important role in fostering. They share their homes, their parents, their time and often their most personal spaces with children who may have experienced significant difficulties in their lives.

They offer friendship, kindness, reassurance and a sense of belonging. Sometimes it is the everyday things that make the greatest difference; welcoming someone into their home, including them in family activities, helping them settle into new routines or simply being someone they can talk to.

But we also recognise that growing up in a fostering family isn't always easy. It can mean changes to family life, sharing attention, managing difficult emotions and sometimes saying goodbye to children with whom they have formed close relationships.
Their contribution should never be taken for granted, and their own feelings, experiences and needs deserve to be heard and supported.

At Match Foster Care, we see first-hand the difference that the children of our foster carers make. Their compassion, understanding and willingness to welcome others into their lives contribute enormously to the care and stability that fostering families provide.

As this important week comes to an end, we want to say a very sincere thank you to every child and young person growing up in a fostering family, both within Match and across the wider fostering community.
You may not always realise the difference you make, but your contribution matters, and you deserve recognition in your own right.

Fostering is a family commitment, and every member of that family deserves to feel valued.

To find out more about Children of Foster Carers' Week and the work of The Fostering Network, visit:
https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/for-fostering-services/recruitment-and-retention/children-of-foster-carers-week/
Fostering Network

15/10/2026

Did you see Josh MacAlister on GMB yesterday?

Children’s Minister Josh MacAlister has been in the media today as the Government launches England’s first national campaign to recruit more foster carers.

Why does this matter?
• The number of approved foster carers
has fallen by 12% since 2019.
• The Government wants to create 10,000 additional foster care places.
• New approaches, including weekend and short-break fostering, are being explored to make fostering more accessible.
• More foster families means more opportunities for children to remain close to their schools, friends and communities.

At Match Foster Care, we know the difference that skilled, committed and supported foster carers make to children’s lives every day.

Recruiting more foster carers matters, but so does valuing and supporting those already fostering.

Have you ever considered fostering, or know someone who might make a wonderful foster carer?

Read today’s Government announcement:
National call to recruit more foster carers launched at Number 10 - GOV.UK

10/10/2026

Mental health matters at every age. 💚

Sometimes speaking up can feel difficult but no one should feel they have to face things alone. Whether you’re a child, young person or an adult, talking about how you’re feeling is an important step.

Today, we’re sharing some advice and insights from our Droitwich Assistant Manager Tina on supporting young people’s mental health💚

Address

Match Foster Care, Severn House, 30-32 Ombersley Street West
Droitwich
WR98QZ

Telephone

+441905770500

Website

http://WWW.MATCHFOSTERCARE.CO.UK/

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