Celebrating 20 years of fostering where the focus is on the child TWENTY years ago, two men sat around a kitchen table in Whitley Bay to devise a plan to create an ethical, not-for profit fostering agency that would put the welfare of the child at its heart. Now, at the start of its 21st year, Team Fostering is rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, and employs more than 60 people across three regions. Operating in the North-East, Yorkshire, and the East Midlands, Team Fostering was the vision of founders, Peter Richardson and Walter Young. Both had substantial experience in the fostering ...