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UK needs thousands more foster carers this year alone, charity warns
Over 5,000 new foster carers must be recruited across the UK during the next year alone in order to provide more children in care with the homes they need, top charity the Fostering Network is warning today (12 May).
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Foster Care Fortnight press pack: campaign asks 'do you have the skills to foster?'
A recruitment campaign to encourage people to recognise in themselves the qualities needed to be a successful foster carer is being launched across the UK this May.
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Foster Care Fortnight - Fostering: recognise the qualities you've got
On 12 May 2008 the Fostering Network, the UK’s leading charity for all those involved in fostering, will launch its annual campaign to recruit more foster carers.
Information for journalists
Please contact the Fostering Network’s media team to find out more about the campaign. We can also provide you with short editorial and an interview with a foster carer or one of our spokespeople.
Call our media team: 020 7620 6416, 020 7620 6441 or 020 7620 6437
email: media@fostering.net
“ There are many misconceptions about who can foster but foster carers come from many backgrounds and from all walks of life, what matters most is that you have something to offer to children and young people. Being a foster carer won't always be the easiest of jobs, but from speaking to foster carers I know it will certainly be one of the most rewarding things you can ever do!”
“As my own parents have been foster carers since I was very young, I know from long experience what a fantastic job foster carers do.”