Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s biggest awareness raising campaign for fostering. FCF26 will run from Monday 11 May – Sunday 24 May and the theme this year is ‘This is Fostering’, celebrating and raising awareness of the different stories across the fostering community.
The theme this year brings together three key threads
- It shines a light on the everyday experiences of fostering, raising awareness of the positive impact foster carers have.
- It acknowledges the pressures foster carers are facing in today’s climate – from low allowances and fees and inconsistent support, to feeling excluded from decision making about the children in their care.
- It is a call to action. It gives us a collective platform to stand together as foster carers, kinship carers and the wider fostering community to call on the government for meaningful change.
Over the fortnight we’ll celebrate foster carers, shine a light on the challenges and call for change for the fostering community.
We’d love you all to get involved. In the run-up to the fortnight we’ll be sharing ideas and resources to help celebrate fostering, campaign for change and connect with others across the fostering community.
