Talk Fostering And Help To Change A Child's Life
Derbyshire residents are being invited to discover how they could start to change a child’s life forever, by going along to one of Derbyshire County Council’s fostering information events taking place over the next few weeks.
During January, February and March, Derbyshire County Council fostering staff will be at venues in Matlock, Buxton, Ripley and Chesterfield to ‘Talk Fostering’ with anyone who would like to know more about giving a child a loving home.
The council’s Cabinet Member for Young People Councillor Alex Dale said: “There’s a real need for more people to come forward and foster Derbyshire children in care. The number of children in the council’s care has risen over the past 12 months, while the number of foster carers has begun to decline.
“The need is greater than ever to find new foster families and carers who can give children in care the stable home environment they need to turn their lives around. Foster care can be for long or short periods of time. However long it is, it can make a real difference to them.
“Our Talk Fostering events are an excellent way to take that first step to becoming a foster carer. Our staff can answer questions about the support and training foster carers receive, as well the allowance payments we make to help them meet the costs of looking after a child.
“Visitors to the information event can also talk to people who already foster children and can speak about the real-life and rewarding experiences they have had of taking a child in need into their home.”
The Talk Fostering events take place at:
• Tuesday 23 January 5pm-7pm, County Hall, Smedley Street West, Matlock DE4 3AG
• Tuesday 6 February 4pm-6pm, Leisure Centre, Derby Road, Ripley DE5 3HR
• Thursday 8 February 3pm-6pm, Devonshire Dome, Devonshire Road, Buxton SK17 6RY
• Tuesday 27 February 5pm-7pm, Queen’s Park Leisure Centre, Boythorpe Road, Chesterfield S40 2ND
• Thursday 15 March 5pm-7pm, Proact Stadium, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield S41 8NZ
• Tuesday 20 March 5pm-7pm, County Hall, Smedley Street West, Matlock DE4 3AG
Foster carers need to be over 21 and can be single, married, straight, gay or transgender, from any ethnic origin, working or not, renting or homeowners.
The qualities needed to foster a child have been captured in a new short film made by the council’s Donut Creative Arts Services (DCAS) with Derbyshire foster children and carers.
To view the film, go online at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering or like or follow Derbyshire County Council on Facebook or Twitter.
Anyone who is not able to attend the Talk Fostering events, you can find out more about fostering a child by emailing fostering@derbyshire.gov.uk, visiting our website at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering or calling our fostering team on 0800 083 77 44.
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