Offer a child a home over Christmas!

onetomany

hi this is a nice idea but reality is diffrent (sorry if i sound harsh) i grew up in care foster placements and childrens homes and i no and still do find xmas really hard i would have found it really hard to leave a comfy home not taking into acounnt the ammount of months it would have taken me to trust the homemakers to, i think i would have felt a bit of a charity case when i was sent back , how about voulunteering for childline etc i no its to soon for this xmas as u might need training etc but atleast u can really help and i think ditake ur hours etc to fit in with ur commitments, i think you heart is in the right place and wish there was more people like you i would love to foster but as much as i love my husbond i no we are to friery iukwim to take on a fraigal/ dammage little buddle (this is just my opion i hope i havent affenede you x)

rubytuesday

I lived in a Childrens' Home from the age of six to ten and we had the most wonderful Christmas's with plenty of presents donated from organizations. I loved my Childrens' Home so much that when I was fostered I ran away trying to get back there!

Hadley

Have you ever thought of adoption there are many children out there who need safe loving homes.It takes a long time but it is worth it.

Mk14:37

Whilst not quite the same as "taking in orphans" (which has a slightly disturbing Dickensian feel to it, IMHO), Host UK offer something similar for international students in the UK, many of whom are here for a full year or more and can't afford to fly back home for the winter holidays (and many of their friends and flatmates will have gone back to parents, leaving halls or residences etc. uncomfortably quiet).

http://www.hostuk.org.uk/

Savvy_Sue

Mk14:37 wrote: »

Whilst not quite the same as "taking in orphans" (which has a slightly disturbing Dickensian feel to it, IMHO), Host UK offer something similar for international students in the UK, many of whom are here for a full year or more and can't afford to fly back home for the winter holidays (and many of their friends and flatmates will have gone back to parents, leaving halls or residences etc. uncomfortably quiet).

http://www.hostuk.org.uk/

now that IS a good idea, which I should have thought of myself.