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This project called Football Beyond Borders, which supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who are passionate about football but disengaged at school, is a programme designed to help them finish school with the skills and grades they need to make a successful transition into adulthood. Check out the article below as young people tell their story of how living in lockdown is hard in South London,  supported by the Children's Commission for England: Children’s Commissioner’s podcast: Lockdown, school and football

A truly amazing story of a courageous young man, age 19 who asked us to share his story with you all and the support he has received: "I’ve been with Fusion for nearly six years now and they’ve been very good to me fighting my corner when they’ve needed to. I had been out of education for a few years and T and M pushed and pushed for me to get into school, so after a year or so they...

Today – 19th February 2021 we are celebrating International Care Day, the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience; a real opportunity to celebrate the rights of care experienced children and young people which is a joint initiative between five children’s rights charities across the U.K. and Ireland, under the 5 Nations 1 Voice alliance. Become in England, EPIC in Ireland, VOYPIC in Northern Ireland, Voices from Care in Wales and Who Cares? Scotland. The alliance advocates for...

One of our panel members in the Midlands region, Christine Harris, has provided a brief overview of her background and an article on life story work, which I am sure many of you will find incredibly insightful and beneficial. Thank you, Christine. I became a Panel Member in the Midlands Region when it was set up and I really enjoy the role. I began my working life nursing, firstly on a paediatric ward and then transferred to the maternity/Special Care...

Hi, I am Josh and I work in our Quality and Development team.  I wanted to share my story about lockdown as I feel it may help others and create a more positive outlook on lockdown. In April of last year, I was furloughed for a period of around 2 and half months – this gave me a lot of free time. I will not lie, at the start I was watching a lot of TV, scrolling on my phone...

Fusion Fostering are proud to be celebrating and supporting Race Equality Week 2021 (1st - 7th Feb). Race Equality Week is a UK-wide initiative, uniting hundreds of organisations and individuals to address the barriers facing race equality in the workplace. Race Equality Matters are creating a collaboration of companies, organisations, race networks, experts in the field, allies, and employees to improve workplace equality across the public, private and charity sectors. Here at Fusion Fostering, we are committed to equality and...