Cathy Glass

Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable. They just want their mummy and daddy, whom they love dearly. The girls appear to have been well looked after, but as they settle...

An Impossible Decision is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.

The police and social services had no choice after a neighbour reported Jamey had been left alone all night while his mother went out partying. Scared, hungry and withdrawn, Jamey has spent so much time in his cot that his leg muscles haven?t developed, and he can barely walk. He is craving affection, and Cathy and her family find him very easy to love. However, as Jamey begins to settle in and make progress a new threat emerges. Coronavirus and lockdown...

He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isn't the only one in denial; his whole family are, too.

Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency after suffering non-accidental injuries. Aneta and Filip, the children?s parents, are distraught when their children are taken into care. Aneta maintains she is innocent of harming them, while Filip appears bewildered and out of his depth. It?s true the family has never come to the attention of the social services...

Angie, six, and her sister, Polly, four, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy's house, having been taken from their home by social workers, after their older half-sister, Ashleigh, accuses their father of raping her. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they want their mummy and daddy, and are inconsolable for days. They appear to have been well looked after and the family has never come to the attention of the social services before....

When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged 7, her immediate reaction is: Why can't he stay with his present carers for the last month? He's already had many moves since coming into care as a toddler and he'll only be with her a short while before he goes to live with his permanent adoptive family. But the present carers are expecting a baby and the foster mother isn't coping, so Alex goes to live with Cathy. He settles easily and is very much...

Damian is just seven when he comes into Cathy's care. His single-parent mother, Rachel, can't cope with three young children. She loves them dearly, but circumstances mean she is nave and vulnerable. Cathy hopes that eventually Damian will return home, but when Troy, Rachel's new boyfriend, arrives on the scene events take a sudden and deeply concerning turn . and it is Cathy who realises first that Damian and his siblings are in great danger. 'Unsafe'...

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. When Cathy is told about Melody's terrible childhood, she is sure she's heard it all before. But it isn't long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, as many children coming into care are, she also worries about her...

The bestselling author of 'Damaged' tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family.