Tag: fostering

Barnardo’s Urges People To Consider Fostering

Stuart Mitchell

A remarkable mother-of-three who grew up in the care system before going on to foster more than 100 children over the past 40 years is today calling on others to consider becoming foster carers with Barnardo’s Scotland. Denise Hopkinson, who has been married to husband Rick for almost 50 years, was herself fostered as a young girl, and it was this period of her life that gave her the motivation and drive to become a foster carer herself. Denise, from Livingston, says: “I was a looked-after child and was in…

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Charity calls for more foster carers as number of children in care rises by 27 percent in a decade in England

Stuart Mitchell

More children are being taken into care with fewer foster carers to look after them, says Barnardo’s as it launches its 10th annual fostering campaign fronted by TOWIE’s Lydia Bright and Debbie Douglas. The number of children in care in England has risen by 27 per cent in the last 10 years, says the UK’s leading children’s charity as it urgently appeals for more people to consider fostering as part of its Barnardo’s Fostering Week 2019, which launches on January 21st. In the past decade, Barnardo’s foster carers have looked…

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Celebs share family and friend images to support Barnardo’s urgent foster carer appeal

Stuart Mitchell

A host of celebrities are backing a Barnardo’s campaign to highlight the importance of having someone to support you in aid of the charity’s urgent campaign to find thousands of foster carers to look after the UK’s most vulnerable children. Singer Paloma Faith, former TOWIE TV star Debbie Douglas and Lydia Bright, Cold Feet actress Fay Ripley, Love Island’s Marcel Somerville, Gogglebox vicar Kate Bottley and gold medallist sprinter Jamie Baulch are using #wesupportfostering to share personal images of their families and the people who have supported them through thick…

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