Become a Foster Carer this New Year

Fostering Solutions, the independent fostering agency, is encouraging same sex couples in Brighton and Hove to become foster carers.

FOSTERING Solutions has launched the Foster15 campaign to highlight the shortfall in foster carers, after new statistics showed 30,430 children started to be looked after in 2014, an average of one child being taken into care every 15 minutes in England.

Gareth Walton, operations director for Fostering Solutions, said: “The shortfall in foster carers is only set to increase, with recent reports showing that the total number of children looked after has risen to 68,840, an increase of 7 per cent on 2010. 75 per cent (51,340) of looked-after children are cared for in foster placements, an increase of 9 per cent since 2010. Brighton and Hove alone has around 465 children in local authority care who desperately need safe, nurturing and stable homes.

“We need more foster carers to come forward. Becoming a foster carer is one of the most rewarding steps you can take – these children are likely to have had a challenging start to their lives and you can be the person who makes the priceless difference to their life by offering them a home and care. January is a great time to consider a change and we want Foster15 to raise awareness of this need and urge more people to come forward to find out more about fostering.”

If you would like to find out more about being a foster carer with Fostering Solutions, click here:

Or telephone: 0800 160 160 5