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May, 2004 stories

May 28, 2004

Society pleas for fosterers
An appeal for more foster carers has been launched by the Coleshill-based Father Hudson's Society

£2,000 - thank you for wonderful son
The Family Care Organisation - a Sherwood-based charity that supports vulnerable children and their families - has received a £2,000 windfall

Bridge walk for foster event
More than 100 foster children and their carers walked across the Humber Bridge to raise awareness of a need for more carers in the region

May 27, 2004

Dying mother told me: "never stop looking for your long-lost sister"
A brother's 25-year quest to find the sister he had never met ended in joy just as he was about to give up all hope

Walk this way with BAAF - the Peak District awaits
How would you like to join BAAF Adoption & Fostering on a fundraising challenge for a weekend in the Peak District?

May 26, 2004

Lisa is our gift of joy
When Exeter couple Anne and Patrick Brand first met a little girl with Down's syndrome in an institution in Cornwall they never realised how much she would change their lives

Demand for carers
Around 400 Bristol families act as foster parents, but a further 70 are still needed to meet the growing demand for carers

May 25, 2004

Fostering in Bristol
How to become a foster parent in Bristol

Demand for carers
Hear the story of a foster carer

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Marian Ann Gay

May 24, 2004

Scheme is giant help to children
A pilot scheme to help children in care has proved a roaring success

May 21, 2004

Hospital staff learn more from Adoption Matters
Employees at the Countess of Chester Hospital have this week been taking the opportunity to find out more about adoption from the area's independent agency, Adoption Matters

Are you ready to show you care?
When your home life is happy, it is natural to take it for granted. But there are many children across Britain who cannot take a happy home life for granted. And at times of crisis, children like this often need a foster home

Foster carers - we need you
Gloucestershire desperately needs more foster carers to avoid brothers and sisters being split up

Drive for fostering
A Bristol-based organisation is opening its doors in a bid to recruit more foster parents

Foster fanfare urges: give a little
Fostering organisations across Carmarthenshire are calling on more people to give up a few hours of their free time to help care for children who most need it

Shops foster good relations
New toys and arts materials have been given to nearly 200 foster homes

May 20, 2004

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Louisa Berry, born Jane Hickmott

Could you care enough to foster?
National charity the Fostering Network is launching an appeal asking Staffordshire residents to consider fostering children

"You have to open heart and home"
Hear from a foster carer and foster child

Foster carers are saluted by council
A group of foster carers have been honoured for their service to Leicester city's children

How to become a foster carer
Foster carers needed in the Lincolnshire area

Young people praised
The young people who are placed through Foster Care Associates enjoy an active social life

May 19, 2004

Children's minister visits Nottingham adoption agency
Margaret Hodge MBE, Minister for Children, visited 'Families Are Best' Adoption Agency at West Bridgford yesterday, May 18

'We've had some rough rides but it is worth it'
Local newspaper reporter speaks to the Philips family, who have cared for 25 children over the last 34 years

Trying to foster wider interest
The Fostering Network has launched a recruiting drive to attract more foster parents across Scotland

I'm not a bad mum any more
A plea for the need of foster carers

New home for adoption agency
A charity which finds families to adopt children in care has moved into new and improved offices

May 18, 2004

Diary of an adopter
Week 15 of our adoption diary

Appeal for new foster carers
North Somerset Council is urging new foster carers to come forward as part of Fostering Fortnight

Balloons tell all the facts about foster care
The message that Cornwall County Council is backing national Foster Care Fortnight has taken to the skies with an eye-catching balloon launch in Truro

Could you foster a child, and give them a new start?
Fostering does not mean having to take any child, any age, any time! You can choose the number and the ages of children you would like to foster, with our help and advice

A fine example of how foster carers can make a difference
Zoe Herrett is a fine example of how foster carers can positively influence young people

Mum's a wonder
Swindon Wondermum named

May 17, 2004

Children's hearings system up for debate
The future of Scotland's children's hearings system will be up for debate in Aberdeen next week

Social care training praised
Training for Carmarthenshire County Council's social care section has been praised after it received the most training awards in Wales

Inner-city children find hope in rural idyll
Imagine, as a child, being plucked from a deprived city home and placed in a Derbyshire farm full of animals, amid beautiful countryside

A happy home can have major effect
Council hopes that Fostering Fortnight will encourage a healthy number of volunteers to come forward

Today on the bulletin board
New adoption forum is launched

May 14, 2004

Reunion joy after 60 years
Five brothers and sisters separated during the Second World War have been reunited for the first time in 60 years

Carers needed to give a child a helping hand
Nearly 8,000 people across the UK are currently needed to meet the desperate shortage of foster carers, and with Foster Care Fortnight currently underway, a call has gone out for people to come forward who think they could offer a temporary home for youngsters who, for all kinds of reasons, are unable to live with their families

Plea to play your part in foster care
Single? Married? Gay? Retired? Already have children? Gloucestershire Social Services wants to hear from all of the above types of people who would seriously consider fostering a child

Foster Care Campaign launched in poetic verse
A rhyme familiar to generations of children is the inspiration behind a foster care campaign set to reach 21,000 people

Recruitment bid for foster carers
As part of Foster Care Fortnight a series of recruitment drives to encourage people to become foster carers will be taking place in North Devon and Torridge

May 13, 2004

Extra £250k is help to young
A rapid response team to aid children in urgent need of help is being created

Foster campaign
A campaign is being run in Leicestershire to try to find foster parents for children needing loving homes

Sue and Paul Burnett - foster carers
Read about their role as foster carers

Margaret and Colin McKay - foster carers
Read about their story as long-term foster carers

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace John Page

May 12, 2004

Man on borrowed time desperate to find family
Alan Kingdom is racing against time to find his brothers and sister

Carers are needed for youngsters
Foster carers are urgently required for hard-to-place children the mid-Devon area

Heather and Colin Covell - foster carers
Read about Heather and Colin's six-and-a-half years as foster carers

Sonya and Phil Doragh - foster carers
Read why becoming foster parents seemed a natural step for Sonya and Phil

May 11, 2004

Foster carers needed
You don't need special qualifications or experience to become a foster carer, just special qualities

Dozens of children need foster carers
At least another 70 foster parents are needed in Bristol to help deal with the demand for carers

Foster drive
A series of events are being held to help people learn more about the challenges of fostering in a bid to find new carers in Devon

Recruitment drive aims to dispel myths of foster care
Foster carers in a South Devon resort plan to produce a fact sheet to help recruit new workers

Fostering the spirit of love...
Foster carers needed in Nottinghamshire

Respite foster carer
Hear about respite foster care from Lynne Quest, who has been doing respite foster care for nearly four years

May 10, 2004

Hello brother - May and Norman together at last
As reported by us on April 30 and May 6, May and Norman have been searching for each other and have finally been reunited

Plea for new foster carers
An urgent appeal has been made for people to become foster carers in Perthshire

Private fostering and adoption conference to be held on May 19
The author Yinka Sunmonu in partnership with the Institute of Education will be hosting the conference

Shortage of foster carers forcing children miles from home, charity warns
Too many fostered children in England are having to live miles from family, friends and school because of the shortage of foster carers, the Fostering Network will warn in the House of Commons today (May 10)

May 7, 2004

Cab's ad campaign aims to recruit vital new foster carers
Foster carers in Bristol will be helping to kickstart Foster Care Fortnight next week

Devoted foster carer dies
Former foster mum Betty Sperring, who died last month at the age of 75, devoted much of her life to the residents of Timsbury village's Cheshire Home

May 6, 2004

Oh brother, what a find
A brother and sister born more than 75 years ago but who have never met are set to be reunited

Care blueprint changes urged
Amendments have been recommended to a scheme aimed at looking after children

May 5, 2004

Could you be a carer?
A recruitment drive is being launched for foster carers

Guest house for children in care on cards
Youngsters in care could soon move into a converted guest house

Orphanage boys meet
Memories of a tragic drowning tragedy at Torquay's former Marine Spa swimming baths, were stirred at a recent reunion of two old boys of the former St Vincent's Catholic orphanage

Evacuated?
The search is on for children who were unclaimed by their parents after they were evacuated to Devon during the Second World War

Vital role in helping trace relatives
When Frank Krausz was born in 1921 he was handed over to an orphanage by his mother. Now, 82 years later, Mr Krausz is using the Red Cross International Message and Tracing Service to try to piece together facts about the mother he never knew

May 4, 2004

Diary of an adopter
Week 14 of our adoption diary

Artwork takes root at children's homes
Gardens in children's homes have been transformed by an arts project

Children's home set to expand
An application to extend a children's home has been approved despite fears about increased noise and traffic

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