STOCKPORT COUNCIL BACKS FOSTER CARE FORTNIGHT

Stockport Council is supporting Foster Care Fortnight by encouraging residents to consider becoming a foster carer.

As part of Foster Care Fortnight the Mayor of Stockport, Councillor Wendy Meikle has been supporting local foster carers to help raise awareness of the need to recruit more foster carers.

Local foster carers will be speaking to the public at various events across the borough during Foster Care Fortnight, which runs from 13^th to 26^th May.

At the events people interested in becoming a foster carer will be given the chance to put themselves ‘in the frame’ and have their photograph taken with the Council’s fostering team to show their support for fostering and encourage people to come forward to learn more about fostering.

During Foster Care Fortnight, the Council’s Fostering team will be at:

• Handforth Dean Shopping Centre foyer (between M&S and Tesco) with local foster carers talking to people about fostering on Thursday 16^th May, from 10.30pm to 2.30pm
• Mersey Square on Friday 17^th May, from 11.00am to 3.00pm
• Stockport Market place on Saturday 18^th May, from 11.00am to 3.00pm

The Council has recently launched a new specialist scheme  which provides supportive placements to children with additional needs. The Council will be holding an open evening dedicated to this scheme on 21^st May at the Village Hotel, Cheadle, from 6.30pm and 8.00pm.

For more information on Fostering in Stockport, visit www.stockport.gov.uk/fostering or contact the Council’s Fostering team on 0161 947 4646.

For more information about Foster Care Fortnight visit www.fostering.net

Stockport Council’s Fostering and Adoption Service team was rated as ‘outstanding’ in its recent Ofsted inspection.