Media release archive

Media releases from 2008:

• UK needs thousands more foster carers this year alone, charity warns
  Over 5,000 new foster carers must be recruited across the UK during the next year alone in order to provide more children in care with the homes they need, top charity the Fostering Network is warning today (12 May).
• Thousands more foster carers needed in England this year alone, charity warns
  Over 4,200 new foster carers must be recruited across England during the next year alone in order to provide more children in care with the homes they need, top charity the Fostering Network is warning today at an event in London (12 May).
• Hundreds more foster carers needed in Scotland this year alone, charity warns
  At least 450 new foster carers must be recruited across Scotland during the next year alone in order to provide more children in care with the homes they need, top charity the Fostering Network is warning today (12 May).
• Hundreds more foster carers needed in Wales this year alone, charity warns
  At least 370 new foster carers must be recruited across Wales during the next year alone in order to provide more children in care with the homes they need, top charity the Fostering Network is warning today at an event in Cardiff (12 May).
• Northern Ireland needs 200 more foster carers this year alone, charity warns
  The Fostering Network Northern Ireland will launch the Foster Carer Fortnight at Stormont’s Sports Pavilion on Monday 12 May 2008 at 10 am - 12 midday.
• Angen cannoedd yn fwy o rieni maeth yng Nghymru yn unig eleni, rhybuddia elusen
  Mae’n rhaid cael o leiaf 370 yn rhagor o rieni maeth led led Cymru yn ystod y flwyddyn nesaf yn unig er mwyn rhoi’r cartrefi y maen nhw’n ei haeddu i blant yn derbyn gofal - dyna rybudd yr elusen arweiniol Rhwydwaith Maethu mewn digwyddiad yng Nghaerdydd heddiw (12 Mai).

• Foster Care Fortnight 2008 Wales launch: new campaign asks 'do you have the qualities to foster?'
  A major national campaign is being launched by the Fostering Network Wales on 12 May to encourage more people to consider whether they have the qualities to foster.
• Lansiad Pythefnos Gofal Maeth Cymru 2008: Mae'r ymgyrch newydd yn gofyn 'Oes gennych chi'r hyn sydd ei angen i faethu?'
  Mae ymgyrch genedlaethol fawr yn cael ei lansio gan Rwydwaith Maethu Cymru ar 12 Mai i annog rhagor o bobl i ystyried a oes ganddyn nhw’r hyn sydd ei angen i faethu.

• Foster Care Fortnight Scotland Launch 2008: new campaign asks 'do you have the skills to foster?'
  A major national campaign to encourage more people to think about whether they have the qualities to foster is being launched across Scotland this May.
• Foster Care Fortnight 2008 Northern Ireland launch: new campaign asks 'do you have the qualities to foster?'
  A major campaign to encourage more people to consider whether they have the qualities to foster is being launched by the Fostering Network Northern Ireland on Monday 12 May.
• Northern Ireland Foster Carer of the Year to be annouced at charity ball
  Foster carers from across the province will be donning their gladrags and taking their carriages to the Fostering Network Northern Ireland’s fundraising ball, to find out who has won the second Foster Carer of the Year Award, on Friday 9 May.
• Foster Care Fortnight 2008 England launch: new campaign asks 'do you have the qualities to foster?'
  A national recruitment campaign to encourage more people to consider whether they have the qualities needed to foster is being launched by the Fostering Network on Monday 12 May in London, to coincide with the start of Foster Care Fortnight (12–25 May).

• Ready steady go: staff and supporters of the Fostering Network take on Belfast City Marathon
  Fifty-five supporters of Northern Ireland’s top fostering charity will be hitting the streets of Belfast in this year’s City Marathon on Monday 5 May, in an effort to raise funds for its work with foster families.

• Foster Care Fortnight press pack: campaign asks 'do you have the skills to foster?'
  A recruitment campaign to encourage people to recognise in themselves the qualities needed to be a successful foster carer is being launched across the UK this May.
• New campaign asks 'do you have the skills to foster?'
  A recruitment campaign to encourage people to recognise in themselves the qualities needed to be a successful foster carer is being launched across the UK this May.

• New guide to attachment published by top fostering charity
  A new guide offering foster carers advice and practical information on issues around attachment theory is published this month by leading charity the Fostering Network.

• New contract developed to standardise care for fostered children placed in independent sector
  A new contract to standardise the provision of care for children placed with independent fostering providers (IFPs) in England is being developed on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

• Foster Care Fortnight - Fostering: recognise the qualities you've got
  On 12 May 2008 the Fostering Network, the UK’s leading charity for all those involved in fostering, will launch its annual campaign to recruit more foster carers.

• More male foster carers needed as positive role models for children in care, says top fostering charity
  Male foster carers should be celebrated as vital role models for children in care, many of whom have had negative experiences of men, the Fostering Network Wales will say this week.
• Mae angen rhagor o rieni maeth gwrywaidd fel modelau rôl positif ar gyfer plant mewn gofal meddai un o brif elusennau maethu
  Dylai rhieni maeth gwrwyaidd gael eu dathlu fel modelau rôl hanfodol ar gyfer plant mewn gofal gan fod nifer o’r plant wedi cael profiadau negyddol iawn o ddynion, yn ôl yr hyn y bydd Rhwydwaith Maethu Cymru’n ei ddweud yr wythnos nesaf.

• Literacy for children in foster care in Northern Ireland gets a boost on World Book Day
  The Fostering Network Northern Ireland and Include Youth are to launch a new DVD on World Book Day to help improve literacy and numeracy amongst children in foster care. These children often struggle at school because of gaps in education and disruption in their family life.