Children's services
Walsall’s foster carers recognised for their commitment at celebration event
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120 of the council’s foster carers, and their families, were celebrated at an event on 23 May 2024.
The council’s fostering service hosted an event at Calderfields Golf Club, Walsall, to celebrate the borough’s foster carer families, and thank them for their commitment to providing safe and loving homes for children and young people.
The event was held to coincide with Foster Care Fortnight, a national campaign which recognises the crucial role of foster carers across the United Kingdom.
The day was an opportunity for the fostering community to get together, share personal highlights and special moments during their fostering journeys, and enjoy lunch, poetry, and musical performances.
“ Our fostering community open up their homes and their hearts day in, day out, to some of our most vulnerable children.
This group of people deserve endless recognition for the positive impacts they have upon children’s lives, so it’s only right the council celebrates them at events like this one.
It was great to see the fostering community connect, share stories, and be proud of each other’s achievements.
What was particularly lovely to see, was how our Mockingbird constellations came together on-the-day, which just shows the strength of our hubs and how they really are such a pillar of support for new and experienced foster carers. “
“ Our foster carers deserve to feel valued all-year round, but Foster Care Fortnight is an opportunity in the calendar to really celebrate their role in society and thank them for what they do.
We are always looking for more carers in Walsall, to help change lives and shape positive futures for our children and young people.
Thank you once again to our amazing fostering community, we couldn’t do it without you. “
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Further information
More information about Fostering in Walsall can be found on the council’s website: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/fostering
Listen to our foster carers about their fostering journey:
More information about Foster Care Fortnight 2024 in Walsall can be found here:
https://go.walsall.gov.uk/newsroom/lets-celebrate-walsalls-foster-carers
Mockingbird
Walsall Council is the first local authority in the West Midlands to take part in the Fostering Network’s ‘Mockingbird’ fostering programme.
The Mockingbird programme is an innovative way of delivering foster care which centres on the idea of an extended network of family support.
Empowering families to support each other and overcome challenges, Mockingbird allows our carers to offer children and young people a more positive, consistent, and secure experience of care.
You can read more about the Mockingbird programme at https://go.walsall.gov.uk/fostering/mockingbird
