Kent County Council foster carers have thanked a Boughton Monchelsea mum for donating hundreds of chocolate eggs to children in care. More than 200 were collected by foster carers Emily Lydamore and Michelle Slater for the Easter Scavenger Hunt at Pegwell Bay Country Park, Cliffsend, Ramsgate on Tuesday, April 10. The rest will be distributed…
Can you open your home and heart to an adult who needs your support? If so, Kent County Council’s Shared Lives service wants to hear from you. Kent Shared Lives is hosting information meetings explaining how to become a host, a paid role supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health conditions, autism, sensory impairment or…
For many children in care, their brother or sister may have been the one constant presence in their lives. They may be the only person who truly understands and shares their experiences and can help them make sense of their new lives. That’s why in National Adoption Week 2017 Kent County Council will be focussing…
Foster carers across Kent have been rewarded for changing the lives of the children they take into their homes. More than 100 foster carers were nominated for this year’s Kent County Council Fostering Appreciation Awards, with nominations coming from social workers, fostering support teams and the foster children themselves. The awards, which were presented during…
A Kent foster carer who has been named in the Queen’s birthday honours list has described the nomination as a “complete surprise.” Teresa Carpenter, who has been fostering for 19 years with her husband Peter, received a letter after being nominated by one of her foster children. She commented: “I opened the letter a few…
A fostering information event is being held in Herne Bay on 7 February to help boost recruitment in this vital sector. More carers are needed across the county to help provide stable, permanent homes for vulnerable young individuals, which can make a crucial difference to their future. Prospective foster carers can hear presentations from people…
The Leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, has personally congratulated a Kent couple who’ve been awarded MBE’s for their services to children in the county. Ron and Rinie Upton have fostered a total of 151 children and were invited to County Hall to discuss their career as foster carers that spans an astonishing 32…
Kent County Council foster carers Carolyn and Derek Moody scooped a national award after one of their three foster children nominated them in secret. Nathan, 17, who has lived with the family for eight years and calls Carol and Derek ‘mum and dad’, told judges of the Fostertalk permanency award they ‘love me to their…
Kent County Council needs 200 new foster homes as the demand for carers is reaching crisis point. Without more carers, it is difficult to provide the stable, permanent homes which can make a crucial difference to the future of a vulnerable young person. The issue is a national one with more than 9000 more foster…
A Deal Foster Carer is urging people to consider taking up the rewarding role and come along to a fostering information evening to find out more. Wendy Atkins, who has been fostering for 6 years, will be giving a talk about her experiences at Kent County Council’s information event in Ramsgate on 13 July. The…
Kent County Council needs more people to become foster carers after facing huge numbers of children needing loving homes in the past year. This Foster Care Fortnight (16-29 May), KCC is calling for anyone who could offer a stable and loving home to children including those with a disability, sibling groups to keep brothers…
More foster carers are needed in West Kent so Kent County Council is calling on anyone interested in helping to change a child’s life to come along to the next fostering information evening on Thursday 17 March in Broadmead Church, Broadmead, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5RF, the presentation will start at 7pm. Tina Harwood from Crowborough…