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WEEK ENDING 14TH DECEMBER 2025
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As ever, the NUPFC will remain open throughout the Christmas period.
Fostering doesn’t pause for the festive season, and it’s always been striking that so many traditional “support” services do.
Our commitment is different because we’re drawn from the same frontline as the carers we serve, we understand the reality.
Our team will be on hand for urgent support. Formal casework and legal work will resume after the break, as partner services are closed, but we will continue to ensure no carer is left without a lifeline if they need us.
Join us, because you never know when you might need us, and you need to be a member when you do: https://nupfc.com/join/
Date: 09/12/2025
The festive season can be a tough time in fostering. Trauma is heightened, family contact can be challenging, and grief and loss often resurface for our children. Yet this is exactly when teams fade away and support becomes thin.
If you’re not already a union member, now is the time. Make sure you, and those you care about, have the protection, advocacy and security you simply can’t find anywhere else.
Just like car insurance, you need to be covered before something happens. Don’t wait until it’s too late: https://nupfc.com/join/
Date: 10/12/2025
This goes on all the time, and it’s still going on. Time and again, information is withheld from foster carers in order to get children placed. Then, when things go wrong, carers are blamed because they can be. And every time the system does this, it puts children and foster families at risk.
They can’t claim not to know, it’s in every survey, every report, every piece of feedback we’ve given them, year after year.
How many have to die before they care?
Rotherham’s own coroner has confirmed what carers have been saying for years: vital information was missing, risks weren’t shared, assessments weren’t done properly, and a foster carer lost her life as a result. Now Rotherham say they’re overhauling their fostering service.
We’ll be watching closely and speaking to our Rotherham members, so far, we’re hearing nothing has actually changed on the ground.
This is exactly why carers need the correct working status and proper legal protection. Until that happens, this will keep happening, and carers, and children, will keep paying the price.
Join us: https://nupfc.com/join/
Date: 11/12/2025
Don’t take our word for it, look us up on Trustpilot!
NUPFC Trust Pilot, 73 reviews, 4.8 stars 🌟
Here is one reviewer’s story:
Title: “Wish I’d joined sooner”
“We contacted the union after we had a complaint that was upheld against a SW and the service. We felt we were being bullied, this resulted in an Allegation. We challenged the reports as they kept changing the reasons and wording…there was no transparency, things were added.. As soon as we said the union was interested we saw a difference…our SW she was backtracking and apologising for aspects that were not transparent. Our outcome was positive but we are quite sure it wouldn’t have been if it wasn’t for the union and especially Chris. Our only regret is that we didn’t join earlier when our long term child had to leave us. Thank you for all your support”
Take a look 🔗 https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/nupfc.com
Don’t regret not joining sooner, there is no time like the present as in fostering you never know what’s round the corner: https://nupfc.com/join/
Date: 12/12/2025
What makes it all worth while for the NUPFC team? Hearing feedback from our fostering families saying their membership made them feel:
Validated, Heard, Supported, Not alone, Protected, Confident, Represented
And that we were:
Professional, Friendly and helpful, On their side, Put their mind at ease, Always there for them, Kind and supportive, Effective, Efficient, Child Centred
Have you joined yet? Do you keep meaning to? Don’t delay any longer, as this member says:
“We never dreamt we would be put in the situation we were, simply by raising our heads above the parapet and advocating for a child but we were. Luckily we’d already joined the Union two years before – thank goodness .You just never know when you will need them”
*All this feedback can be seen on our Trustpilot page
Date: 13/12/2025
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