Debbie and Vic have two grown-up children and have fostered over 100 children over the past 20 years.
“I didn’t think I’d be fostering for this amount of time, but we are as passionate about it now as we were 20 years ago. It took us two years from thinking about fostering to posting a letter to the council, but I wish we had done it earlier,” said Debbie, 62.
“We love it. If you are in your 60s please don’t think you are too old. It’s easier for us to do it now. We have got the time and the patience, and we do it together. Anyone can foster. It’s the best thing we’ve ever done.”
Husband Victor, 65, said: “We started fostering when our daughter was 15 and more independent, so we could give more time to the children coming into our care. Looking back on it, we could have started much earlier because it turned out it wasn’t a big deal for us in the end.”