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April, 2006 stories
April 28, 2006
Coleen adds to celebrity support
The Fostering Network Wales conference
April 27, 2006
Foster Care Fortnight 2006
Foster Care Fortnight 2006
April 26, 2006
On the bulletin board
April 25, 2006
Book Review
April 24, 2006
Norfolk needs more foster carers
April 21, 2006
Bearded biker fronts foster drive
On the bulletin board
April 20, 2006
Urgent appeal for more adopters
On the bulletin board
On the bulletin board
On the letters page
April 19, 2006
Book Review
April 18, 2006
Appeal for foster carers
Book Review
On the bulletin board
April 13, 2006
Book Review
Woman takes psychic's advice in hunt for 'long-lost brother'
April 12, 2006
Cabbie's moving fostering advert
April 11, 2006
Every Voice Matters: fostered children in England speak out on need for contact with families
Corrie's Tracy Barlow presents Children's Achievement Awards
British girls who were kept as 'slaves' are rescued in US
On the bulletin board
Book Review
April 10, 2006
Cash boost is fostering new hope for children
"Funds have helped us reach out to orphans"
The fantastic foster parents
Book Review
April 7, 2006
Desperate appeal for foster parents
Children may be being placed at risk
Di plans India trip to help youngsters
Book Review
April 6, 2006
Book Review
April 5, 2006
When Val Hunter gave birth to baby Mark in 1962, she immediately formed a special bond with her child
Children's charity battles on despite being hit by blaze
April 4, 2006
Ray is still hoping to find perfect home
Foster mum dies
April 3, 2006
Supermum
Joe shows his caring side
Press release from BAAF
Coleen McLoughlin has joined award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson and TV presenter Gabby Logan in pledging her support to this year's Foster Care Fortnight, which runs from Monday May 8 to 21, 2006
Fostering positive outcomes
Change needed to foster brighter futures in Wales
Foster children and their families in Northern Ireland launch awareness-raising campaign
Freelance writer looking for "remarkable mums"
Noddy - Secret Treasure
Scores of people have responded to appeals by coming forward to give a happy home to abandoned, unloved and traumatised children
A children's charity is using a biker with a braided beard to front a campaign challenging the stereotypical image of foster carers
Louisa Berry searching for Jackie Vaughn
Cheshire's leading, independent, adoption charity has renewed its appeal for more people to offer a home to some of the UK's 3,000 children in care
Assistant producer looking for someone who is adopting to speak about their experiences
National newspaper searching for people who've discovered a family secret
One person comments on contact between children in foster care and their birth families
The Wildest Brother by Cornelia Funke, Illustrated by Kerstin Meyer
Foster carers on Anglesey have been commended for their care and commitment and now an appeal has been made for others to help support children in need
Selfish Jean by Cate Sweeney
Journalist wants to speak to a woman who was spurred on to look for her birth mother after the birth of her own child
The Adopter's Handbook by Amy Neil Salter
Gail Laming has turned to Aberdeen in her hunt to uncover a family secret of more than 60 years - after being told by a psychic that she has a brother living in the city
A taxi driver who spent 17 years in care has kitted out his cab to help find foster and adoptive homes for children in Wales
Fostered children want more, better quality contact with their families, according to a new report written by young people and launched on 6 April by leading charity the Fostering Network
Actress Kate Ford presented awards to a number of young people who have undertaken training courses in public speaking, story writing and training seminars
British girls rescued after allegedly being kept as slaves for 13 years by a woman who acted as their mother
Did you have to give a child up for adoption during World War 2
Adopting a Child - A guide for people interested in adoption by Jenifer Lord
More foster mums and dads have come forward and volunteered to care for vulnerable children after their allowances were raised
A former midwife who is caring for orphans in Honduras has moved into a new home to continue her work
Couple who have fostered more than 80 children in 50 years have been honoured by the Pope
The Truth About Josie Green by Belinda Hollyer
It has emerged that foster parents are desperately being sought to take care of children in Neath and Port Talbot
Vulnerable children in Plymouth may be at risk because of serious gaps in the city council's fostering service, a new inspection report reveals
A woman from Somerset has been inspired to set up a charity to support orphaned children
Where's My Sock? By Joyce Dunbar, Illustrated by Sanja Rescek
Wanda's First Day by Mark Sperring, Illustrated by Liz and Kate Pope
But, like many young women from that period, Val, who was 17 when she gave birth, found the only way she could deal with the lack of support and the social stigma of being an unmarried mother was to place Mark for adoption
A charity which lost almost everything in a suspicious fire which gutted its office a year ago has refused to let the incident set it back and is continuing with its work despite having no permanent premises
Fostering bosses are still searching for the perfect home for a youngster
A woman who was mum to scores of foster children and known affectionately as Auntie Peg has died, aged 85
Mum in a million Vicki Deakin needs more than her fingers and toes to count the number of kids she has cared for over the last 16 years
Normally children adopt animals in the zoo - not the other way around
Radical reforms to adoption law in Scotland could transform the lives of hundreds of children and their families
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