People interested in becoming foster carers can find out more about this vital role at a special Fostering Friday event taking place this Friday (7 August, 2015). Members of the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Fostering for Wolverhampton team, along with foster care champions, will be in Queen Square, Wolverhampton from 10am until 3pm for an informal chat with anyone considering becoming a foster carer.

Sandwell Council’s children's services is backing the National Foster Care Fortnight campaign to raise awareness of the urgent need for more people to step forward and become foster carers.

Children in the West Midlands waiting to be adopted are to be found stable, loving homes more quickly, thanks to brand new online maps published today which will help would-be-adopters find the child to complete their forever family. So far in 2014-15, 460 children in the West Midlands have been placed in the permanent home they desperately needed, as a direct result of the government’s reforms to speed up the adoption system.

Children in the West Midlands waiting to be adopted are to be found stable, loving homes more quickly thanks to new measures. In 2013-14, 590 children in the West Midlands were placed in the permanent home they desperately needed.

Five of Birmingham’s best Foster Carers will be recognised for their outstanding work with children at Aston Villa Holte Suite on Saturday night (13 June) when they receive awards at a fundraising ball for the Birmingham Foster Care Association.