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Foster carer helping a young girl learn to ride a bike on an autumn path representing the reward of fostering being to see children flourish.
Inside Origins: The Greatest Reward of Fostering is Seeing Children Flourish

Seeing children flourish is the greatest reward of fostering. Majella shares how small, steady care helps behaviours ease and children thrive with Origins.

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Eithne Larkin

September 12, 2025

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Inside Origins: What Is Foster Care And How Origins Supports Children and Carers

Foster care provides children with a safe, stable home when their own families can’t. In this Inside Origins story, Majella explains what fostering really involves and how Origins Foster Care supports carers every step of the way.

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Eithne Larkin

August 27, 2025

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Journey of Hearts: How Nicola Found Strength in Support with Origins

In this Journey of Hearts story, foster carer Nicola O’Neill reveals how a strong support network of friends, fellow carers and an exceptional link worker helped her family stay the course for 14+ years.

A portrait photo of Eithne Larkin, a team member at Origins Foster Care smiling and looking at the camera.
Eithne Larkin

August 19, 2025

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Journey of Hearts: How Origins Foster Care Helped Patrick Grow as a Foster Parent

Fostering is full of rewarding moments – but it also comes with questions, doubts, and difficult days. That’s why support makes all the difference. In this edition of our Journey of Hearts series, we meet Patrick Squires, a foster carer who explains how the support from Origins Foster Care helped children in his care thrive and his family keep going with fostering for over a decade.

A portrait photo of Eithne Larkin, a team member at Origins Foster Care smiling and looking at the camera.
Eithne Larkin

July 31, 2025

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Foster carer helping a young girl learn to ride a bike on an autumn path representing the reward of fostering being to see children flourish.
Inside Origins: The Greatest Reward of Fostering is Seeing Children Flourish
September 12, 2025
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Inside Origins: What Is Foster Care And How Origins Supports Children and Carers
August 27, 2025
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Journey of Hearts: How Nicola Found Strength in Support with Origins
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