There was several issues for our Team to consider, although the original concept of Beta may have seemed to be an individual standalone brand with a certain status gleaned from the Greek alphabet, the reality was often confusion and distortion. Beta was a name that was frequently mispronounced, one pronunciation was Beater (which was relatively accurate, think Greek, (alpha-beta-gamma), another pronunciation was Better and yet another was Baiter. On a daily basis, and in our dealings with young people, Local Authorities, Social Workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, schoolteachers, medical professionals and parents (and everyone else we spoke with), the name Beta was misunderstood and mispronounced. For us, it was a little irritating.

Despite this however, in the background the agency slowly, but surely, developed, matured, and flourished. So much so, that we decided to open a children’s residential unit which, for some young people, could assist and support the step up, and step down, between fostering and residential care. After much discussion, the Team concluded that with the progress of the fostering agency, alongside the prospect of the residential unit, the agency had indeed developed (no Evolved) to something very different from the original concept of Beta. Evolve Fostering and Residential Services was born and with a new updated Website and a launch date of 1st September 2020 “Evolve was good to go!!!”