Emergency foster carers are needed
FOSTER Carers and Social Workers from the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust will take to the roads in a novelty fire engine this Foster Care Fortnight (May 14-27) to emphasise how a regional shortage of foster carers is reaching emergency levels.
The fire engine will be in Lisburn’s Market Square on Tuesday May 22 from 10am until 10.30am. People interested in fostering will have the opportunity to hop on board and find out more about fostering from our staff and foster carers.
“We urgently need more foster families right across Northern Ireland to provide safe, stable and nurturing homes to vulnerable children and young people,” said a spokesperson for the Trust. “We particularly need foster carers who could offer a children/young people long term homes.”