Media release archive

Media releases for UK from 2007:

• The Fostering Network's development worker is crowned children and young people's champion
  The Fostering Network’s development worker for children and young people has won a prestigious award for her valuable work with children and young people in care.

• Recognise foster carers as professionals, says the Fostering Network
  Foster carers should be seen as professionals and rewarded for their vital contribution to improving outcomes for society’s most vulnerable children and young people, the Fostering Network says this week.

• BBC helps recruit more foster carers and adopters
  Leading charity, the Fostering Network is supporting a new BBC campaign calling on the general public to consider becoming a foster carer or adopter. With over 70,000 children and young people in care on any given day the BBC’s Family Wanted Campaign aims to encourage potential new foster carers or adopters to find out if they have what it takes to make a difference to the life of a local child.

• Leading fostering charity awarded grant from the Roald Dahl Foundation
  Leading fostering charity, the Fostering Network has been awarded a grant of £17,000 from The Roald Dahl Foundation to support a project aimed at improving the literacy levels of children in foster care.

• Statement from the Fostering Network on the death of a fostered child in a swimming pool
  Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network said: “The case of the 17 month-old girl in foster care in Portsmouth who recently drowned in a swimming pool is extremely tragic. It does however reinforce the need to ensure that a full assessment of the foster carer and their surrounding environment is conducted before a child is placed in their care.

• Foster carers honoured at national awards ceremony
  The Believe in Me Awards ceremony for adults working with children and young people in care will be held today (12 July) in central London. BBC’s Emily Maitlis will be presenting the awards ceremony and a host of other stars including Melinda Messenger and Dr Tanya Byron will be in attendance.

• Thousands of foster carers needed - could you help
  Leading charity, the Fostering Network is to launch a major national campaign on Monday 14 May to call on the general public to consider becoming a foster carer.

• Most foster families struggle on a low income
  According to a new report published by the Fostering Network on 6 March, the majority of foster carers are very poorly paid and many receive no income from fostering damaged and vulnerable young people.