FOSTER Care Fortnight is taking place from 16 to 29 May and is the annual awareness raising campaign aimed to encourage more people with the right skills and qualities to foster to come forward.

With a shortage of foster carers across Ceredigion, more foster carers are needed to provide placements for children in safe and caring homes.

Ceredigion County Council has an enthusiastic and dedicated Fostering Service Team and are looking to recruit carers from all types of backgrounds to try to make the right matches to the children to meet their specific needs.

The council is looking for carers for children of all age groups, gender, from babies to teenagers and placements are also needed for brothers and sisters to remain together.

Julie Murphy, acting team manager, said: “We have had the support of some wonderful and passionate people and their families over the years providing a diverse range of placements. We are facing more complex challenges in the placements we are being asked to provide, so we would love to hear from anyone interested in becoming a foster carer.”

To find out more visit https://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3496 or pop into the fostering information sessions being held on Thursday, 26 May, at the Morlan Centre in Aberystwyth, and Friday, 27 May, at Cardigan Castle, between 11am and 2pm.

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