Foster Care Fortnight 2024
The Fostering Network’s annual campaign, Foster Care Fortnight 2024, starts today! FCF (Foster Care Fortnight) is a great opportunity for those interested in fostering to find out more.
This years theme is ‘Fostering Moments’, which gives the fostering community an opportunity to celebrate the moments that define fostering journeys, big and small. The moments that built confidence, made young people feel safe and created memories.
Throughout the fortnight people across the fostering community will be encouraged to share the moments that have mattered to them. For foster carers, this might be the moment they were approved as a foster carer, or the moment a young person in their care hugged them for the first time. The aim is to show that every moment matters in fostering.
Whether you’re a foster carer, a social worker, young person, Fostering Friendly employer or supporter of foster care; you are part of a community making a real difference to the lives of young people, and we want you all to get involved in the Foster Care Fortnight celebration.
What to Expect
We know how fantastic the fostering community is, and we want to highlight that over the two-week campaign. We’re inviting all young people, birth children, Foster Carers, their family members, and the wider support network to participate and share their special fostering moments with the community. This is a fantastic chance for everyone to be heard and give insight into the world of fostering, demonstrating how we can all work together to improve the lives of children and teenagers in care.
Send us images, make a short video or just write a few sentences that we can use if you prefer. Anything that you can send us will be greatly appreciated and will really help us with our campaign for this year.
You can send your content for Foster Care Fortnight to bowen@lorimerfostering.com, or send them to your Supervising Social Worker to pass on. We look forward to hearing your stories and all about your experiences!
Get Involved with Foster Care Fortnight 2024
There are lots of different ways for you to get involved with Foster Care Fortnight 2024. Take a look at some of them below!
- Share a social media graphic. You can share a graphic on social media and include how important your community is to you in the post. You can download a timeline image here (for Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn). Or a story template for Facebook or Instagram here.
- Print a placard. Print the placard at home and write in your fostering community highlights. Take a photo and share it on social media! Use the hashtags #FCF24 and #FosteringMoments. Download the placard here.
- Social media headers. Update your social media headers during Foster Care Fortnight to spread awareness. You can download versions for Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn.
We’ll be sharing lots of content on our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn) across Foster Care Fortnight so please keep an eye out! We would really appreciate you liking and sharing our posts to help more people see them!
Get in Touch
If you live in the North West and are thinking about becoming a Foster Carer, please get in touch. Lorimer Fostering can provide lots of information about fostering and becoming a Foster Carer. You can call, text or WhatsApp Rachael on 07938 575 738; or send an email to foster@lorimerfostering.com. If you would prefer us to call you, please submit your details using the form below; and we’ll get back to you soon!
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