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‘I vividly remember turning up at my foster carer’s home on my 10th birthday, not knowing whether or not to even unpack my bags.

A nationwide drive for thousands more foster families has been launched as part of Foster Care Fortnight. Authorities in the area received around 740 initial enquiries about fostering between April 2019 and March last year, but just 130 applications were submitted in that time, the latest Ofsted data shows. Social media and promotional campaigns have contributed to a growing interest across the UK but attracting and retaining suitable carers who can cope with the complexities of fostering is proving a challenge, experts say. At the end of March 2020, there were around 510 households o...

Posted: Mon 17th May 2021 Wrexham’s Guildhall to be lit up in orange as part of celebration of foster carers Wrexham’s Guildhall is set to be illuminated orange to celebrate fosters carers. The council building will be one of many to be lit up across Wales as part of Foster Care Fortnight. While many of us have had family and friends there to support us during difficult times faced over the last year, many children and young people across Wales need that support more than ever before. Now, as Foster Care Fortnight – a national awareness raising and recruitment campaign run by The Foste...

BBC News Patricia Gray: ‘I have fostered more than 60 children Close Her family live just outside Draperstown in County Londonderry. She said: "We have four children of our own, when they went to school I wanted to be able to help other children. "Every child that has come through our door, we've embraced them as our own." Figures show that there has been an increase of children in care since the pandemic. There are over 8,600 new foster families needed across the UK in 2021 and in Northern Ireland there has been a 4.8% increase of children in care since the pandemic. According to the d...

Leicestershire couple who fostered over 20 children urge others to sign up The pair have now taken on two sisters and a five-year-old with a heart condition long-term The couple have now taken on three children long term, along with caring for their own two Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more...