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Could you make a difference to a child who needs a place to call home?
Could you make a difference to a child who needs a place to call home?
Foster Wales are ready to support you to become a great foster carer and to make a difference to children in need in the Vale of Glamorgan.
24 September, 2021
In Wales, there are hundreds of children looking for foster families and a place to call home. In the Vale of Glamorgan, up to twenty three children per week are in need of foster care.
With over a third (39%) of Welsh adults saying they have considered becoming a foster carer, a new campaign launched across Wales this week, aimed at significantly increasing the number and diversity of Local Authority foster carers.
Foster Wales is the umbrella network of fostering services across the 22 local authorities. It was established in July with the aim of making a substantial impact on the futures of young people in Wales.
This particular campaign aims to increase the number of foster parents needed to help keep children in their local area, when that is right for them.
Helping children to stay in their local community can be of great benefit and mean the world to a child. Not only does it keep them connected to their friends, their school and their sense of identity, but it also builds confidence and reduces stress.
Rachel Evans, Head of Children and Young People Services says, “Becoming a foster carer is a decision to help local children who need someone to listen to them. To believe in them. Children who need someone on their side, someone to care for them.
"It’s a decision to work with people who share those aims, people like our fostering team here in the Vale of Glamorgan. There is still a need to recruit an estimated 550 new foster carers and families across Wales every year. This is to keep up with the numbers of children who need care and support, while replacing carers who retire or provide a permanent home to children.
"Anyone who fosters with our Foster Wales team does so safe in the knowledge that wherever their fostering future takes them, we’ll be beside them every step of the way with all the dedicated expertise, advice and training needed to support their fostering journey.
“All children have a right to thrive. All we need is more people like you to open their doors and welcome them in.”
To find out more about fostering in the Vale of Glamorgan, please visit https://valeofglamorgan.fosterwales.gov.wales/ or contact a member of our team: