What is a CFC Explorer?
And what we mean by ‘our pirate code’
People = Community
We at Community Foster Care are dedicated to building and evolving an organisation that behaves with cultural humility. As with any community, it is the people who make it, so we believe it is really important to bring people on board who are aligned with our values and beliefs. This could be our staff members, trustees, foster carers or extended community.
We want a community that is diverse, that believes in making society a more accepting, tolerant and integrated place. We believe a key part of this is being trauma informed, having an understanding of why people act and think in the ways they do and how this can impact their experience of the world.
It matters because the children and young people with which we work experience discrimination and are disadvantaged by our society. They frequently experience social injustice. These children also represent diversity in all its forms, so we want our community to reflect this back to them, not only because representation is so important but because we recognise the value of diverse thought and experience for raising children and young people. As an example, children of colour are disproportionately represented in the care system, yet foster carers of colour are under represented and it is important that this changes.
A personal lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and self-critique whereby the individual not only learns about another's culture, but one starts with an examination of her/his own beliefs and cultural identities.
Recognition of power dynamics and imbalances, a desire to fix those power imbalances and to develop partnerships with people and groups who advocate for others.
— The University of Oregon, on Cultural Humility
The 10 Anchors of CFCs EDI Commitment (our Pirate Code)
Some of the Things We’re Doing
Understanding Race from a Psychodynamic Perspective (Training Course for CFC Staff) - Provided by Trudi Darien and Devika Dhar
Unconscious Bias: Understanding Diversity & Discrimination (Training for all CFC Explorers) - Provided by Ashley Williamson who is care experienced
The Boy Georgeless Culture Club (Open to all CFC Explorers) - Founded and provided by CFC Explorer, Hannah
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Meet the team
We have an incredible team living up to our values every day, come meet them
