 A very warm welcome to our March edition of Fostering News. We hope you all had a lovely half term break. As always we have some fantastic opportunities for your looked after young people to get involved with and a date for your diary for this years’ Fostering’s Got Talent!
We are so excited to be planning this years’ Fostering’s Got Talent event which will take place on Friday 20th May 2022! For all of our newer carers who have been approved since we had our last event (2019!) then you may not know about our incredible talent show that gives all of our fostering community (looked after young people, foster carers and their birth children) the opportunity to take part in a fantastic evening of great performances with great prizes up for grabs. You should have received an email with all of the details and an entry form last week but if you haven’t had yours then please get in touch. We are also happy to answer any questions you may have so drop us an email at fostering@nottscc.gov.uk.
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We are looking for photos of our foster carers fantastic pets in order to put together a Facebook post about how people foster as a whole family (including their pets!) If you’d like to contribute to this post then please send us your pet pics via email fostering@nottscc.gov.uk
A Robin Hood interactive, holographic experience titled An Arrow Through Time is set to be trialled throughout March, in order to gather feedback on the visitor experience.
The experience is a family-based attraction suitable for ages 7+ and provides an interactive, holographic experience for groups of 5.
For more information and to book your visit please follow the link.
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We wanted to let our foster carers know that we have listened to your feedback about our post-approval training programme. We have recently updated our training developments plans and now have a reduced mandatory training programme that is more concise but still covers the areas required for successful learning and development for year one, two and three. We also have a comprehensive list of elective courses that you can access outside of the mandatory training programme. Training is still accessible via the My Learning My Career learning platform. If you would like more information and to request a copy of the new training plans, please discuss with your Supervising Social Worker.
Wednesday 13 April 2022
Holme Pierrepont Country Park, National Water Sports Centre, Adbolton Lane, Nottingham, NG12 2LU
You are invited to the Nottinghamshire Youth Service family event for looked after young people and their foster families aged 3 to 21 (25 with a disability). The event is an opportunity to meet the youth service and find out more about youth offers in your area, re-connect or meet other carers and enjoy various fun activities together.
Young people must attend with an adult as staff will not be able to take responsibility for any young people on the day. Upon arrival, please park in the outdoor adventure zone carpark signposted on the boards as you enter the country park, we have enclosed a map and there is a car parking charge of £3.
We have exclusive use of the park activities planned for our families from 10am – 1pm. Kayaking, Paddles Boards (inc family paddle boards), Climbing Sky Trail, Archery, Mini Golf, Low Ropes (hopefully low ropes if they are fitted by Easter Holidays) and a play park. At 1pm our activities will end, and you are welcome to enjoy your packed lunch or use the café outlets on site. You may decide to explore the country park in the afternoon, have a walk along the regatta lake and watch the water sports (scheduled races take place throughout the year) or enjoy the play park.
https://www.nwscnotts.com/
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Please check your Max Card’s expiration date. If yours has expired and you require a new one please email fostering@nottscc.gov.uk with your name and SSWs name and we will be happy to send you out a new one.
You can book a place on the next tax and national insurance webinar, taking place on Tuesday 15 March at 10.30am. Please note, you need to be logged into the website to access this page.
Places are limited - book now to avoid disappointment.
Each webinar lasts for no more than one hour and includes a Q&A session.
These sessions are run jointly with Williams Giles Chartered Accountants. They will cover:
- An introduction to the income tax scheme for foster carers
- How to calculate your own tax threshold
- Self-assessment tax returns
- NI contributions
Further webinars will be held on:
- Wednesday 22 June, 10.30am
- Wednesday 14 September, 7pm
- Tuesday 8 November, 10.30am
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