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My Get-a-LifeStyle experience:

Real outcomes - Fostering experienceIn doing this course it will enable me to learn how to be more confident in myself, and become better at things I am struggling with at the moment.
Written by Candy
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What Independent Reviewing Officers say

Real outcomes - Independent Fostering ReviewsI applaud your reports which are really easy to read and include the young person’s views really well. Also (the foster parents) are all so supportive about (By the Bridge) which I don’t see very often, if at all, and there are innovative training and therapeutic plans coming from the company that I don’t see from any other source. Read More

What young people say: Point Blank participation day

Written by Amy
It was October 2009, There was Ka and Annabelle from By the Bridge, Louise, Phil and myself. We all arrived at Point Blank Music College in London at midday. We then walked through the college to the meeting room where we had the discussion about creating a website for the Independence living programme Get-a-LifeStyle for young people between 14 – 19 years old preparing ourselves for leaving our foster families. Read More

What Schools say

I would like to express my appreciation of the support you have given to the school in working with (this child). I feel his transition was only able to go as smoothly as it did thanks to the support and communication between yourself, the foster parents and his social worker.

I would like to thank you and them for all your help, support and guidance and feel all LAC will benefit from our continued working relationship.

Communication from a school Pastoral Manager to a By the Bridge Link Worker

Over the years, By the Bridge has built a strong track record of successfully handling particularly problematic and emergency situations and has become an excellent first choice of placement for all ages. The resilience, professionalism and therapeutic interventions on offer from our foster parents are regarded as an ideal response to extreme challenges.

By the Bridge has developed expertise in understanding disturbed attachment patterns and offering effective interventions has lead to increasingly younger children being successfully placed in our organisation. Our families offer a viable therapeutic alternative to expensive residential care. We also believe that therapeutic fostering can reduce the likelihood of young children requiring residential care as they get older.

We closely monitor the progress of all children and young people in our care and have developed a comprehensive electronic database in order to provide sophisticated outcomes reports to local authorities later in 2010.

We have embraced the Every Child Matters initiative and have developed systems dedicated to both foster parents and children and young people in our care:

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