This year’s LGBTQ+ Fostering and Adoption week brings together the UK’s adoption and fostering agencies to raise awareness of the vital need for people within the LGBTQ+ community to consider adopting or fostering under the theme ‘1,2,3 or more’.
The week, which is run by New Family Social, and in its eleventh year, remains the only campaign to focus on LGBTQ+ people. LGBTQ+ people now account for the second largest group of adopters in England, with 1 in 6 adoptions in 2022 to same sex couples. Read more...
National News
09 Feb 2023
Duckyls Farm, the established care home in West Hoathly, near East Grinstead is now part of our portfolio, having completed the sale on Wednesday 8th February.
Duckyls is a well-established residential care home. It provides personal care and accommodation for 8 people with learning disabilities and autism.
Residents benefit from the former farmhouse’s idyllic location. It is on the outskirts of the village of West Hoathly and sits in extensive grounds with masses of space for outdoor pursuits. Read more...
12 Jan 2023
With a countrywide shortage of foster carers, now is the time to make a New Year’s Resolution that won’t only change your life, but will change the life of a child too.
With over 70,000 children in care in England, Diagrama fostering agency is asking people to consider making an exceptionally thoughtful New Year’s resolution to pledge to take the first steps towards a rewarding career in foster care.
Kate Patel, Head of Fostering and Adoption at Diagrama, said: Read more...
09 Nov 2022
Ewa Ruskowiak is the pride of Edensor after being named Ancillary Worker of the year at the Great British Care Awards.
On a glittering evening at the MK Dons stadium in Milton Keynes, Ewa beat 11 nominees in her category to lift the title for the East of England and will now attend the national finals on March 17 next year. Read more...
24 Oct 2022
Kate Patel is Head of Fostering and Adoption at Diagrama. She has more than 20 years’ experience in social care, qualifying as a social worker in 2000. Before coming to Diagrama, initially as a panel advisor she worked for a number of local authorities, including Slough Children’s Services Trust where she was part of the family finding team and also latterly agency advisor overseeing the assessments of fostering and adoption assessments.
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29 Sep 2022
Chris and Nic Kimmance, foster carers with the charity Diagrama Foundation are delighted to have been given a family holiday by high street giant Timpson.
The Kimmance Family and their foster child will enjoy a holiday to the Festival of Sport between the 12-15 August courtesy of The Alex Timpson Trust, part of well-known high street provider of shoe repairs and key cutting Timpson. Read more...
28 Sep 2022
Residents at Cabrini House in Orpington have completed an upcycling project to turn old filing cabinets into garden planters.
When the charity Diagrama, moved into a new office in Kent Space in Chatham, they had a few filing cabinets that were no longer required. The residents of Cabrini house in Orpington, the charity’s home for adults with learning disabilities, love crafting and have upcycled the old office furniture into bright garden planters. Read more...
28 Sep 2022
Across England there is a huge shortfall of parent and child foster carers with Kent based charity Diagrama currently receiving twice as many referrals as two years ago.
The charity Diagrama is concerned that with the number of referrals for parent and child foster placements at an unprecedented level, they urgently need to fill this shortfall by finding and training new carers for this rewarding role. Read more...
28 Sep 2022
A group of 34 adults who are part of the Diagrama Foundation Supported Living Service in Bromley are thrilled to have secured an allotment in Orpington.
The allotment in Orpington will benefit 34 adults with learning disabilities who are part of Diagrama Foundation’s Supported Living Service in Bromley. Read more...
28 Sep 2022
When a residential care centre in Clacton needed help to create a 1960’s train carriage, a TV and film set builder stepped in to make seating for the carriage that wouldn’t look out of place in an Oscar winning blockbuster. Read more...