A project offering support for foster families has been described as being like an “extended family”. Foster for Plymouth, a service run by the city council, said its mockingbird programme provided families with peer support, social activities and respite care in the form of sleepovers. Foster parent and project leader Lydia Oliver said she had...
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West PA Media The council is looking after 848 children with just 208 fostering families Devon County Council is to vote on a new support package for foster carers amid a growing shortage of families. The proposals, due to be discussed on 23 May, include council tax relief, increased allowances,...
Plymouth City Council is urgently appealing for more foster carers to take in children in care. It said there were 534 children living in care Plymouth, but there were only 119 fostering households registered with the council, it said. Councillor Jemima Laing, cabinet member for Children’s Social Care, said fostering was a “fantastic opportunity” and...
BBC Sharon became a foster carer along with her husband Tim in her 50s Empty nesters should not worry they are too old to become foster carers, as those who have made the move tell the BBC they have “a huge amount to offer” . Parents who started fostering after their grown-up children left home...