fostering

Plymouth City Council’s fostering service is asking people to make a new year’s resolution to do something extraordinary and make a difference in a child’s life by fostering.

There are currently more than 400 children and young people in care and there is an on-going campaign to recruit more foster carers.

When a child cannot be cared for within their family, the Council’s...

A shortage of foster carers is prompting Fostering Devon, Devon County Council’s in-house fostering service, to call on people to consider fostering for children in care.

The current shortage is for children between the ages seven to 18 and for those with more challenging behaviours, says the council.

Last year’s remodelling of the Council’s service, Fostering Devon, included a...

Adults in the south west are among the most likely in England to consider becoming a foster carer, according to a poll released by leading charity the Fostering Network.

The YouGov poll, published to coincide with the start of Foster Care Fortnight, found that 26 per cent of adults in the south west would consider becoming a foster carer either now or in the future, compared with a UK...

Plymouth City Council is asking local residents to guess who fosters to raise awareness of the need for more foster carers in Plymouth, as part of Foster Care Fortnight™ 2014.

With record numbers of children (408) coming into care, and the need to recruit at least 40 more fostering families in and around the city, the Council is asking if people have the skills to consider becoming a...

The government has announced that children in care will be able to stay with foster families until they turn 21.

Young people in care will still be able stay with foster families after they turn 18, following a new legal duty for councils to provide support.

£40 million over the next three years has been set aside to help local authorities provide the required financial support...