Families in Care
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Registered Charity Number 1007596 Independent Advocacy, Counselling and Support for Birth Families involved with child protection services in the North East.Independent Advocacy and Counselling are currently available only to families involved with Newcastle Children Social Services.
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Families in Care is a proud recipient of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2020
Mothers and fathers who have had their children removed are at a traumatic point in their lives. At such a desperate time, they need help and support from experienced people with professional expertise. This should be our collective responsibility. Organisations like Families in Care need our support.
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Ken Loach, Film Director of I, Daniel Blake 2016 (Palme D'Or Winner) and Ladybird Ladybird 1994.
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Contact Us:
Email: yoursupport@familiesincare.com
Phone: 07897903950
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm
By appointments and referrals only.
We accept self-referrals.Please contact us for more information.
Our Patrons:
Dame Esther Rantzen DBE, founder of ChildLine Silver Line
Joan Mills, first professionally qualified social worker for FIC
Legal Consultant : David Banks, Solicitor



Therapeutic Writing
Thanks to our fantastic volunteer Lindsay Families in Care has been able to offer birth mothers therapeutic writing sessions. In adition between September and December 2013 the mothers created some art work illustrating their poetry.
You can find some examples of the work on this page - please contact FIC if you wish to buy our book or you would like to find out a bit more about therapeutic writing.
Like our work? Please donate, so we can provide further support to people!



Dolphin
Lost in the cold, big sea,
Trying to find my pod of dolphins,
Floating and swimming
On the top of the sea,
Searching long and wide,
Day and night.
In the dark,cold sea,
All alone and sad,
Afraid of never finding my pod.
Seeing a glimpse
Of something -
Was that them?
Smelling the sea
And longing for them - The salt sea of tears
Of never seeing them again.
Smelling the long, cold sea,
And other creatures.
Tasting the fish around me
And longing to share
The meal with others.
Touching the sea as I slap the water.
Feeling sad and alone
Longing to be with my pod.
Waiting to be together again
As we always should have been
And never apart.
Always searching
Until the day we're all together
In one big pod.
By D.
God Help Me
The big house was still,
Almost empty.
That was the day
The big house got broken.
No more fun
No more laughter
No more hapiness
No more family.
That was the day
They came
And took my boys away.
God help me
To stay strong
For my boys.
And for them
To come looking for me
When they are older.
God help me to try
And make the most
Out of each day.
God help me to try and overcome
The horrible feelings that I have.
God help me to find some peace
God help me to find some hope
God help me to find some goodness
God help me to find some hapiness.
God help me
To find
The real me.
By H.

