What we can achieve by working together

Progress Fostering Service today welcomed foster carers, Progress leadership, and members of the fostering team to its Wolverhampton head office for a special lunch event celebrating Foster Care Fortnight 2026. The gathering formed part of this year’s Foster Care Fortnight campaign, led nationally by The Fostering Network, with the 2026 theme “This is Fostering” highlighting...

The team at The Bridge marked National British Sign Language (BSL) Day in a simple but powerful way — celebrating inclusion, communication, and the importance of being understood. The Bridge is one of the services under Progress Children’s Services. With a young person at The Bridge whose first language is British Sign Language, the day...

Stourbridge House, part of Progress Children’s Services, is stepping forward this May in support of autism acceptance, with a special 5K walking challenge taking place as part of World Autism Acceptance Month. Venice and the team at Stourbridge House, alongside the incredible young people they support, are coming together to take on a 5K walk...

Stress is not an occasional visitor in care. It’s a constant companion, woven into decision‑making, responsibility, safeguarding, staffing pressures, and the emotional labour that comes with supporting vulnerable people every day. To commemorate Stress Awareness Month, three Progress managers talked about how they experience stress and, more importantly, how they live alongside it.  Their answers couldn’t be distilled into a...

Amanda and her team members have now gotten used to life at Spring Meadow. During their last days at (and as) Stourbridge House (Adults), she reflected on the service’s impacts, journey, fond memories, its transformation and what she’ll miss the most. Her answer was quite surprising.  Before the new building, before the referrals, before the first family walked through the door in crisis, there was only a...

For many children and young people in foster care, moments of shared activity can become powerful opportunities for connection, confidence and self-expression. That spirit was at the heart of a recent Saturday group hosted by the outstanding Progress Fostering Service.  Led by fostering team member Shannon, the session brought together several of the young people supported by...

Social care provider, Progress Care Solutions, is marking World Autism Awareness Day by highlighting the importance of inclusive, person-centred support for autistic people and their families across the UK. Observed globally on 2 April, World Autism Awareness Day was established by the United Nations to promote understanding of autism and improve the quality of life...

On a winter morning, before the traffic thickened on the motorways and before the gates of Windsor Castle opened to welcome hundreds of guests, Caroline, a residential support worker with Progress’ Nightingale House in Derby was already having what she would later describe as “the best and worst day of my life.” The worst part...

“AI might replace many jobs, but care will always need people.” On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, thousands of young people, educators, employers and training providers gathered at the Coventry Building Society Arena, home of Coventry City F.C., for the National Apprenticeship Show West Midlands. Across the exhibition hall, industries competed for the attention of...

This week, from 16–22 March, Progress Care Solutions is joining organisations across the UK to celebrate Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2026, an annual initiative recognising and celebrating the many ways people think, learn, and experience the world. At Progress, the week provides an opportunity to highlight the unique strengths of neurodivergent individuals and reflect on the...