Blue Sky Fostering

For Children Mental Health Week, we spoke with Author and Ted Talk speaker Catherine Knibbs to discuss how to connect with your young person in the digital space. With the digital world constantly evolving and parents & carers often feeling alien to this new environment, Catherine shares how to engage with your young person and protect them from online harm and trauma. Click the links below to find out more information and read more of Catherine work around cyber-trauma: Catherines Website: Children and Technology [https://www.childrenandtech.co.uk/] Polyvagal "motorway of wellness"- updated version with brain and body visuals. - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGBv1KrJ5Pk] ---- Find out more about Blue Sky Fostering Here:www.blueskyfostering.com [https://www.blueskyfostering.com/] Why not check out our Secret Foster Carer Blog here:https://blueskyfostering.blogspot.com [https://blueskyfostering.blogspot.com/] All views and opinions within our podcast are that of the individual we talk to.

We are back with a new episode of the Blue Sky Fostering Podcast with the amazing actors from Alter Ego Creative Solutions after their recent performance at Blue Sky Fostering of Chelsea's Story. After the production, we caught up with some of the cast. We find out about the story of Chelsea, some of the technical elements of the production and how the team feel about performing it ‘Chelsea’s Story’ is our internationally renowned, hard-hitting Applied Theatre Production that has proven highly successful in raising awareness around the issues surrounding Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). The play, which has now been seen by hundreds of professionals and over 950,000 young people throughout the UK, is followed by an actor facilitated post-show talk exploring the issues raised. It tells the story of a group of three students who discover the diary of a girl called Chelsea. Chelsea was a 15 year old girl who, having fallen out with her friends and family, met a guy called Gary. Gary was kind, understanding, had a nice car, had his own flat and listened to her. Unfortunately, Gary was not what he seemed to be! Chelsea’s story is played out and examined by the three students who, along with their teacher, attempt to understand what happened to Chelsea" - AlterEgo website Find out more here:www.alteregocreativesolutions.co.uk/chelseas-story/ [http://www.alteregocreativesolutions.co.uk/chelseas-story/] Interested in Fostering, check out www.blueskyfostering.com [http://www.blueskyfostering.com]

We are joined by Dom, one of our Foster Carers here at Blue Sky Fostering, to talk about living and fostering, with Bi-Polar. Dom talks about his journey and his experiences For more information on Bi-Polar please visit: For more information on Fostering, please visit: www.blueskyfostering.com [http://www.blueskyfostering.com]

Marcus Meets... Fiona Stephenson, Part 2! Marcus is joined with our special guest, Foster Carer, Fiona Stephenson! This is Fiona’s second appearance on Marcus Meets as we talk to her live on our Facebook page about her journey from being in assessment to becoming a Foster Carer and looking after young people! See Marcus Meets Fiona Part 1: https://youtu.be/JkYfv3XZsBA [https://youtu.be/JkYfv3XZsBA] See more of Fiona's journey here, with Part 2 Video: https://youtu.be/zuPHuVwnL08 [https://youtu.be/zuPHuVwnL08] For more information on Fostering, please visit www.blueskyfostering.com [http://www.blueskyfostering.co.uk] Why not check out our Secret Foster Carer Blog here: https://blueskyfostering.blogspot.com [https://blueskyfostering.blogspot.com] Our Young Persons Voice blog can be found here: https://www.blueskyfostering.com/young-persons-voice/ [https://www.blueskyfostering.com/young-persons-voice/] The opinions of those within our podcast are that of the individual

This week we were joined by Foster Carer and Foster Wiki founder Sarah Anderson to talk about her unique, free to access guide for Foster Carers and those interested in fostering We talk about her journey into Fostering. How FosterWiki came to be and also what is required of the fostering community, to help it grow. FosterWiki is designed to help empower Foster Carers with knowledge, through examples and experiences of other Foster Carers. FosterWiki is a FREE knowledge repository with open access to all. Search the FosterWiki here for FREE. [https://fosterwiki.com/wiki/] Visit the Foster Wiki Page Here: www.fosterwiki.com [https://fosterwiki.com] ---- Find out more about Blue Sky Fostering Here: www.blueskyfostering.com [http://www.blueskyfostering.com] For more information on Fostering, please visit www.blueskyfostering.com [http://www.blueskyfostering.co.uk] Why not check out our Secret Foster Carer Blog here: https://blueskyfostering.blogspot.com [https://blueskyfostering.blogspot.com] Our Young Persons Voice blog can be found here: https://www.blueskyfostering.com/young-persons-voice/ [https://www.blueskyfostering.com/young-persons-voice/] All views and opinions within our podcast are that of the individual we talk to