Tag: Fostering

As part of LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2022, which is being organised by New Family Social, there will be an LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Information Evening in the St Andrew's Children's Society Office...

Alan Baird, Chief Social Work Adviser to the Scottish Government, has today given the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations of the fostering review, at a Children in Scotland conference in Edinburgh.In response, director...

Record numbers of fostered children mean that at least 850 new foster families are needed across Scotland in 2014, according to leading charity Fostering Network.Due to increased demand, almost 5,300 children are living with...

A new website to encourage people to become foster carers in the capital has been launched by the council.The ‘Foster Me Foster Us’ site details how people can become foster carers, the benefits of...

FOSTER CARE CAMPAIGN WINS NATIONAL AWARDA foster care recruitment campaign run by the City of Edinburgh Council has won a major UK award.Foster Me Foster Us came out on top in the finals of the...

There is a continual drive to find foster carers in Edinburgh, especially those willing to take on the extremely rewarding challenge of caring for children with disabilities, and tomorrow a drop in session is...

Edinburgh is to make a big call for more foster carers during next Sunday's X Factor programme.The Council's foster care team have taken out a series of economical adverts which will run...