Why do we need more foster carers in the North East?

Foster carers offer security, safety and stability at times of confusion and worry for children. But it's not just children that foster carers help. 

Foster carers support our communities by helping children to stay closer to home when it is safe for them to do so. 

Through different types of fostering, foster carers support local families by giving children a safe place to stay when emergencies happen.

With the recruitment of more foster carers, children will be able to remain in the North East nearer to familiar surroundings. Children and young people won't need to wait as long to find the right home to meet their needs or a place where they can stay without being separated from their brothers and sisters.

We need foster carers for all types of fostering and from different backgrounds. And by working collaboratively across the region, together we can positively change the lives of children in our communities.