News and Blogs All the latest news and advice blogs from Active Care Solutions. News and Blogs All News and Blogs August 29 2025 Helping Foster Children Explore Their Faith Through Reading Faith can offer comfort, connection, or confusion for children in care. In this blog, we explore how reading together can help foster children gently explore their beliefs, ask questions, and understand what faith means to them—all within a safe, open environment led by curiosity, care, and mutual respect. Find Out More July 17 2025 Fostering as a Career: How to Thrive as a Professional Foster Carer Fostering is more than just a calling—it can also be a rewarding, full-time career. In this blog, we explore what it means to be a professional foster carer, the benefits of making fostering your job, and practical tips to help you thrive in one of the UK’s most purposeful roles. Find Out More May 12 2025 Our self-care guide for foster families Self-care is important for everyone, no matter your lifestyle, age or background. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re sharing our top self-care tips for foster parents and their families. Find Out More April 25 2025 Understanding the Fostering Process: From Enquiry to Matching Whether you’ve decided to foster or are still on the fence, understanding the fostering application process will ensure you know what to expect when you apply. Join us as we explore the steps to becoming a foster parent, from your initial enquiry right through to welcoming your first child. Find Out More April 8 2025 See our Extraordinary Foster Parents featured on BBC One’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits’ with Bill Bailey We are extremely proud of Active Care Solutions’ foster parents Marva and Lionel Warmington, who were recently featured in Series 4 of BBC One’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits,’ hosted by comedian, musician and art lover Bill Bailey. Find Out More February 13 2025 Fostering Children from Different Faiths As we move further into the New Year, let’s explore some ways in which you can help support your foster child’s spiritual needs. Find Out More Fostering Stories All Foster Parent Stories June 13 2025 Marva & Lionel’s 30-Year Fostering Journey Read Marva and Lionel’s inspiring story of fostering over 200 children across 30 years. Learn how they supported teenagers and built lifelong connections. Find Out More May 20 2025 Nealmah’s Fostering Story At ACS we care for children from many different cultural and faith backgrounds. Read Nealmah’s fostering story as she discusses her success as a single foster parent caring for children from different backgrounds. Find Out More May 20 2025 Hana Tedese’s Fostering Story Hana has been fostering with ACS since 2021. Originally from Ethiopia, her own experience has given her the understanding and empathy to help change the lives of unaccompanied sanctuary seeking children. Read her story. Find Out More March 21 2025 Foster Mum Shagufta on fostering with faith and taking her foster children to Mecca Shagufta, alongside her husband Sabtain, have been providing children in need of loving homes in Lancashire with care, protection and spiritual support since 2014. Here she shares her fostering experience with ACS and talks about how as a couple they created the chance to perform Umrah last Ramadan with her foster children in Mecca. Find Out More March 7 2025 Ansar and Sumera’s Fostering Story Ansar and Sumera share how a chance encounter with a social worker led them to fostering, the joy of supporting children from diverse backgrounds, and how fostering has helped them build a loving, inclusive extended family. Find Out More May 14 2021 Nasreen Amin “My advice to anyone considering fostering is to go for it! It’s a very rewarding journey” Find Out More Fostering Stories All Foster Parent Stories June 13 2025 Marva & Lionel’s 30-Year Fostering Journey Read Marva and Lionel’s inspiring story of fostering over 200 children across 30 years. Learn how they supported teenagers and built lifelong connections. Find Out More May 20 2025 Nealmah’s Fostering Story At ACS we care for children from many different cultural and faith backgrounds. Read Nealmah’s fostering story as she discusses her success as a single foster parent caring for children from different backgrounds. Find Out More May 20 2025 Hana Tedese’s Fostering Story Hana has been fostering with ACS since 2021. Originally from Ethiopia, her own experience has given her the understanding and empathy to help change the lives of unaccompanied sanctuary seeking children. Read her story. Find Out More March 21 2025 Foster Mum Shagufta on fostering with faith and taking her foster children to Mecca Shagufta, alongside her husband Sabtain, have been providing children in need of loving homes in Lancashire with care, protection and spiritual support since 2014. Here she shares her fostering experience with ACS and talks about how as a couple they created the chance to perform Umrah last Ramadan with her foster children in Mecca. Find Out More March 7 2025 Ansar and Sumera’s Fostering Story Ansar and Sumera share how a chance encounter with a social worker led them to fostering, the joy of supporting children from diverse backgrounds, and how fostering has helped them build a loving, inclusive extended family. Find Out More May 14 2021 Nasreen Amin “My advice to anyone considering fostering is to go for it! It’s a very rewarding journey” Find Out More
August 29 2025 Helping Foster Children Explore Their Faith Through Reading Faith can offer comfort, connection, or confusion for children in care. In this blog, we explore how reading together can help foster children gently explore their beliefs, ask questions, and understand what faith means to them—all within a safe, open environment led by curiosity, care, and mutual respect. Find Out More
July 17 2025 Fostering as a Career: How to Thrive as a Professional Foster Carer Fostering is more than just a calling—it can also be a rewarding, full-time career. In this blog, we explore what it means to be a professional foster carer, the benefits of making fostering your job, and practical tips to help you thrive in one of the UK’s most purposeful roles. Find Out More
May 12 2025 Our self-care guide for foster families Self-care is important for everyone, no matter your lifestyle, age or background. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re sharing our top self-care tips for foster parents and their families. Find Out More
April 25 2025 Understanding the Fostering Process: From Enquiry to Matching Whether you’ve decided to foster or are still on the fence, understanding the fostering application process will ensure you know what to expect when you apply. Join us as we explore the steps to becoming a foster parent, from your initial enquiry right through to welcoming your first child. Find Out More
April 8 2025 See our Extraordinary Foster Parents featured on BBC One’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits’ with Bill Bailey We are extremely proud of Active Care Solutions’ foster parents Marva and Lionel Warmington, who were recently featured in Series 4 of BBC One’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits,’ hosted by comedian, musician and art lover Bill Bailey. Find Out More
February 13 2025 Fostering Children from Different Faiths As we move further into the New Year, let’s explore some ways in which you can help support your foster child’s spiritual needs. Find Out More
June 13 2025 Marva & Lionel’s 30-Year Fostering Journey Read Marva and Lionel’s inspiring story of fostering over 200 children across 30 years. Learn how they supported teenagers and built lifelong connections. Find Out More
May 20 2025 Nealmah’s Fostering Story At ACS we care for children from many different cultural and faith backgrounds. Read Nealmah’s fostering story as she discusses her success as a single foster parent caring for children from different backgrounds. Find Out More
May 20 2025 Hana Tedese’s Fostering Story Hana has been fostering with ACS since 2021. Originally from Ethiopia, her own experience has given her the understanding and empathy to help change the lives of unaccompanied sanctuary seeking children. Read her story. Find Out More
March 21 2025 Foster Mum Shagufta on fostering with faith and taking her foster children to Mecca Shagufta, alongside her husband Sabtain, have been providing children in need of loving homes in Lancashire with care, protection and spiritual support since 2014. Here she shares her fostering experience with ACS and talks about how as a couple they created the chance to perform Umrah last Ramadan with her foster children in Mecca. Find Out More
March 7 2025 Ansar and Sumera’s Fostering Story Ansar and Sumera share how a chance encounter with a social worker led them to fostering, the joy of supporting children from diverse backgrounds, and how fostering has helped them build a loving, inclusive extended family. Find Out More
May 14 2021 Nasreen Amin “My advice to anyone considering fostering is to go for it! It’s a very rewarding journey” Find Out More
June 13 2025 Marva & Lionel’s 30-Year Fostering Journey Read Marva and Lionel’s inspiring story of fostering over 200 children across 30 years. Learn how they supported teenagers and built lifelong connections. Find Out More
May 20 2025 Nealmah’s Fostering Story At ACS we care for children from many different cultural and faith backgrounds. Read Nealmah’s fostering story as she discusses her success as a single foster parent caring for children from different backgrounds. Find Out More
May 20 2025 Hana Tedese’s Fostering Story Hana has been fostering with ACS since 2021. Originally from Ethiopia, her own experience has given her the understanding and empathy to help change the lives of unaccompanied sanctuary seeking children. Read her story. Find Out More
March 21 2025 Foster Mum Shagufta on fostering with faith and taking her foster children to Mecca Shagufta, alongside her husband Sabtain, have been providing children in need of loving homes in Lancashire with care, protection and spiritual support since 2014. Here she shares her fostering experience with ACS and talks about how as a couple they created the chance to perform Umrah last Ramadan with her foster children in Mecca. Find Out More
March 7 2025 Ansar and Sumera’s Fostering Story Ansar and Sumera share how a chance encounter with a social worker led them to fostering, the joy of supporting children from diverse backgrounds, and how fostering has helped them build a loving, inclusive extended family. Find Out More
May 14 2021 Nasreen Amin “My advice to anyone considering fostering is to go for it! It’s a very rewarding journey” Find Out More
