As part of the Foster for Plymouth journey, our aspiration is to have all our care experienced children living with our foster families. There is an increase in needing foster families to support teenagers. Many of our young people have aspirations to be part of a...
Social workers from Plymouth City Council’s Fostering Service and foster carers are encouraging everyone who cares about the lives of children in care to step up and tell the world #WhyWeCare as part of this year’s Foster Care Fortnight campaign. Foster Care Fortnight...
Plymouth City Council is backing a campaign which encourages people from the LGBTQ+ community to consider fostering or adoption. LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week takes place from Monday 1 March until Sunday 7 March, and is run by New Family Social, the network for...
We at Plymouth City Council’s in house Fostering Service like many Local Authorities are in need of recruiting many new foster carers. Our Fostering Service has been on an exciting journey this past year looking at new ways of recruiting new foster carers. For this to...
As part of the Fostering Network’s national ‘Sons and Daughter’s Month’, Plymouth City Council is highlighting the valuable role the sons and daughters of foster carers play. Councillor Jemima Laing Cabinet Member for Children and Young People said: “The sons and...
‘Our vision is to put children and young people at the heart of practice by engaging them within a framework of participation, consultation and involvement which enables their views, voices and experiences to shape and improve service delivery. By doing this we also...