Yorkshire councils unite to encourage people to foster a child
It comes as more than 1 thousand young people in Yorkshire are waiting to be placed with a family
Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield, North Yorkshire, York and Hull councils have come together to launch a new partnership called Foster4yourcouncil.
The aim is to encourage people and families across the county to consider part time and full time paid fostering in their local communities.
They say by fostering for your council, it ensures that children and young people in care can continue to live within their communities staying close to their families and attending their local schools.
Councillor Sue Duffy, Portfolio Holder for Children & Families said:
“We’re 100% committed to changing the lives of children and young people in the Bradford district and across Yorkshire.
“Working on this new initiative with the other 7 authorities involved in Foster4YourCouncil will benefit children in care and will better enable children to stay in their community.
“I’m pleased, we as a Council, are supporting this latest campaign to increase the number and diversity of foster carers recruited directly to local authorities.
“This will undoubtedly give us more choice when matching a child; finding the right fostering family for each child is key to our ultimate goal of building brighter futures for children in our care.
“Becoming a foster carer is a decision to help make a real difference to the lives of children. There are hundreds of children across Yorkshire right now who have a right to thrive and need somebody in their community to support and believe in them.