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Find out about our local and online events that you could attend, as well as what's happening with Northumberland Foster Care

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Fostering information events - come and meet the team

We need more foster carers for our children and young people, so please get in touch to find out more or to get the ball rolling. Places are limited so please call, email, message or to book for an event.

Your next face-to-face "Is fostering for me?" pop-up event:


Tynemouth Food Festival - Main marquee

  • Saturday 10th May 
  • Sunday 11th May

Tuesday 20th May - Berwick Asda
11:30 to 2:30pm

Friday 23rd May - Dobbies Garden Centre, Ponteland
10am to 4pm


Sunday 25th May - Puffin Festival Amble

Wednesday 28th May - Alnwick Castle
10am till 2pm


Where would you like us to pop up this year?
Could you be a host with the most and let us have a future pop-up at your location?
Are you interested in fostering and would like us to come to a town near you?

Drop us an email, text or Whatsapp and we'll look to come to a town near you foster@northumberland.gov.uk 07779 983 165



Your next "Is fostering for me?" event online via Microsoft Teams:

Tuesday 3rd June starting at 5:30pm 

Call, text or Whatsapp 07779 983 165 or email foster@northumberland.gov.uk to book a place and we'll send you a calendar invitation link. If you haven't got time to book, please join us at 5:30pm via this Microsoft Teams link:

Click here to join us via Microsoft Teams at 5:30pm 3rd June.
You can join with or without the Teams app.

We look forward to meeting you!
 

The "Is fostering for me?" event is an informal session which aims to answer your initial questions about foster care -  the process and the very different roles you could offer to help children and young people.  Foster families join us to have a chat about their experiences, along with other members of the team. You don't have to ask any questions - you can simply join us and hear more about fostering.

While we need more foster carers urgently for all ages of children, we particularly seek families for school age children, sibling groups and long term permanent homes for children who cannot return home.  There’s no pressure to start the process. We know foster care is very different from any other job, so we are here to help you decide if foster care is for you.

If you can't make the next session you can always call our friendly regional enquiry team - Foster With North East:

Website: www.fosterwithnortheast.org.uk

Phone: 0800 917 771

Email: contact@fosterwithnortheast.org.uk

 


 

Fostering Links

Below are useful links for fosters. Please click on them to explore:

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