Fostering news

Kinship Care Week (5 – 11 October 2026) is a time to shine a light on the vital role of kinship carers – relatives and friends who step up to raise a child when their parents are unable to.

•Support local children who come into care in an emergency
• Receive an availability fee of £613 per week to foster full-time
•Spare bedroom and experience of caring for children who have experienced trauma required

• Call to 'rule yourself in' to fostering this autumn
• County council urges Staffordshire people to find out more and how they could foster
• Fostering can be a life-changing experience for young people and carers

Support has been strengthen for foster carers with the establishment of 2 Mockingbird hubs.

• Extra support for foster carers through the Mockingbird programme
• Two new hubs in south Staffordshire and Burton
• The expansion supports wider efforts to recruit and retain more foster carers

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