Meet the children | Essex County Council

Just because I’m a foster child, doesn’t mean I can’t achieve everything I want

Bebe shares their experience of being fostered and how their foster carer helped to unlock their true potential.

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I don’t see her as my foster carer, she’s like my mum

Charlotte shares their experience of being fostered and how their foster carer helped to unlock their true potential.

I’m actually making something of myself which I wouldn’t have done if I wasn’t fostered

Cody shares their experience of being fostered and how their foster carer helped to unlock their true potential.

You don’t lose anything, but you gain so much

Essex County Council's foster carers are helping young people reach their full potential. Sue and Ray fostered Tom, who's now an aspiring neuroscientist.

My foster carers did what any normal parent does and gave me stability

Now in his 20's, Josh was fostered when he was 8. His foster carers Iain and Karen have become his family, along with their birth children. Josh is ready to tell his story, and share how fostering changed his life.

My foster family made me believe that I could achieve

Now a university graduate, with her own son, Kerry grew up with a foster family. She shares her story, and why she would encourage others to foster with Essex too.