The Isle of Wight Council’s Fostering and Adoption Team will be visiting local libraries and leisure centres as part of Foster Care Fortnight.
The annual event, which used to be known as Fostering Fortnight, is being held from today (12th May) until 25th May and council fostering officers will be on hand to talk to anyone wanting more information at a variety of locations.
The team will be based at the following locations during May:
- 13th – West Wight Sports Centre, Freshwater between 16:00 and 18:00
- 14th Lord Louis Library, Newport between 11:00 and 13:00
- 17th Medina Leisure Centre, Newport between 10:00 and 13:00
- 21st Ryde Library between 11:00 and 13:00
- 24th The Heights Leisure Centre, Sandown between 08:30 and 11:00.
Anyone who registers their interest in becoming a foster carer will be contacted and a home visit arranged for further discussion.
Councillor Richard Priest is executive member responsible for children services and said:
“Foster Care Fortnight is an ideal opportunity for anyone to come along and speak to staff to seek valuable information and advice on what being a foster carer is all about.
“There are many myths about fostering and people may think they are not suitable, perhaps because they do not own their own home or because they work. These are not barriers to fostering and I would encourage anyone thinking of becoming a foster carer to visit the team at one of the locations.”
Foster Care Fortnight, co-ordinated by the Fostering Network, is an annual UK-wide awareness campaign which raises the profile of fostering and highlights the need for more foster carers.
If you would like more information regarding Foster Care Fortnight or the Isle of Wight Council’s Fostering Service, call 0845 6035620 or log on to www.iwight.com/fostering.
