Lucy Stevens - 28th April 2018
I’m Lai. I’m a mother of 2 teens and together with my husband have been fostering for 2 years. Before we began fostering, we had been a host family for International students with the Essex Local Authority. We really enjoyed this but we wanted to make a difference to some of the more vulnerable children closer to home. We had always wanted to foster and we felt it was a natural progression.
We’re an easy going family who feel that we have a good home to share and embody the warm and nurturing unit that so many children in Essex are lacking. We wanted to share our life experiences and wisdom and to help children learn all the skills they need to live fulfilled, independent lives.
In the time we’ve been fostering, we have welcomed 4 children into our home. Some of these have been short, respite arrangements and others for longer stretches. We have particularly enjoyed fostering teenagers and helping them to make the transition into independent living. Fostering is very much a family affair for us and our teen children play a very important role. They have also benefitted from fostering and have a true appreciation of the difficulties many children face.
We believe that fostering, whilst being hard work at times, has made our lives richer. If you live in Essex, Suffolk or Cambridgeshire and have always wanted to foster, I would say get in touch with Eastern Fostering Services via Facebook or at www.easternfosteringservices.com
We have been very well supported by EFS and feel they have been sensitive to our family when matching children with us; this means that fostering has been a very positive experience for my husband, two teens and I but also to the teens we’ve been fortunate enough to share our lives with.
Eastern Fostering Services - The small agency with a strong family feel
