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We’ve had a busy couple of weeks promoting foster care fortnight in Angus. This year the theme was fostering communities, where we shone a light on the many ways people across the fostering community support each other as well as sharing info about what foster care is, what it means to our carers and how you can start your fostering journey when you're ready.
We're sharing in this issue just some of the things we did to celebrate and raise awareness.
The Fostering and Permanence Team, Angus Council.
Can you foster when you work full time?
Can you foster as a teacher?
Can you be a single foster carer?
YES!
Have you seen our Blue Light Campaign? It’s raising awareness of foster care for people who’ve worked or are working in health or emergency services. It’s not just nurses, ambulance technicians and fire fighters that make great foster carers - teachers through their work life have many of the skills and experiences that help.
Andrew, who’s a full time teacher and been a single foster carer with us for three years, shares his experience.
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 What does being fostered mean to children?
There are many different reasons why children come into care. The support and foster care children need varies because of this. Some children might need overnight care or be supported for a short break, while others might need more permanent care.
Every child deserves love, support and stability in their lives. And sometimes that will be through fostering. In this short video we share some quotes from young people about what being fostered has meant to them. (The quotes come from children in Angus and the Walking Tall 2019 Report by The Fostering Network).
Have you seen our new bus adverts?
We finish the first week with the launch of our new bus advert which you'll see travelling around Angus on Stagecoach double deckers!
Jim and Lorraine Dorward who’ve been foster carers with us for seven years said:
“We started fostering because we thought we could give kids a nice home and a place to come to feel safe. It’s great to see the kids enjoy themselves, whether it’s when we’re taking the dog for a walk, going to the park, swimming – all the things we do together to make them feel at home. It’s challenging but we get a lot of satisfaction from caring for children. It’s very rewarding and worthwhile.”
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Our foster carers are a great bunch but we need more of them!
Bryan and Kay are short break foster carers with us. This means they look after children for a short time to give their parents or carer a break. Listen to their journey to hear about why they decided to foster, how they manage it while working full time, about the children they look after, support available, their family and why anyone thinking about it should go for it!
Have you seen our recent TV advert on STV?
It stars our foster carers Gwen, Tony, Aileen and James. When we spoke to them for the advert they, were so inspiring when telling us why they foster we couldn’t fit it all in, so, we’ve made another video! In this video they share why they became and continue to be foster carers.
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 We ended the fortnight by taking over Montrose park run on Saturday 21 May. We got a beautiful day and what a lovely spot for a run.
Big thank you to staff, foster carers and kids who came along to help and spread the word of the need for foster carers in Angus. I’m sure there are not many other park runs where you’d get treated to strawberries and melted chocolate (was for the kids, honest) after your run.
Thank you to Montrose parkrun for having us and well done to all the runners.
Get in touch
If you think you have what it takes to become a foster carer and change the lives of children in Angus, give us a call for a chat on 01241 464646 or email fosteringandadoption@angus.gov.uk
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