Highland needs Foster Carers like you.

Highland Council is appealing for people to consider becoming foster carers.

This week marks the beginning of Foster Care Fortnight™ (12-25 May) and Highland Council is appealing for more people to come forward and become foster carers.

Cllr David Fraser, Chair of Health Social Care and Wellbeing Committee said: “Foster care provides vital care to children and young people and is at the heart of our communities, enabling children to stay with foster families, local to everything they are familiar with already. Highland needs more foster carers and I encourage anyone even thinking about it to join the online information sessions being provided to find out more.”

He added: “In addition three drop in sessions have been organised for people to meet and chat with Council staff about fostering at Dingwall, Wick and Inverness.”

The Council needs foster carers who can look after infants, younger children, teenagers and brothers and sisters to keep them together, in an emergency and on a temporary basis or provide respite for children in their local community, who have a disability.

The local authority also needs permanent carers for older children so they can remain with these carers for the remainder of their childhood. Highland's foster carers also support each other and share skills and expertise.  

Highland needs Foster Carers like you. Join the MS Teams online sessions during Fostering Fortnight (12-25 May). Come along and see how you can support local families:

• Session 1 - Monday 12 May from 11am – 12noon
• Session 2 - Wednesday 14 May from 6:30pm – 7:30pm
• Session 3 - Friday 16 May from 9:30am – 10:30am
• Session 4 - Monday 19 May from 5:30pm – 6:30pm
• Session 5 - Wednesday 21 May from 3:30 – 4:30pm

Email fostering@highland.gov.uk and state which session you would want to attend. An email link will then be sent for you to join the chosen session.

To find out more visit: www.highland.gov.uk/fosteringandadoption

Come along to the in-person drop-in session to meet and chat with staff at:

• Fodderty Way, Dingwall, 22 May 10:30am to 12noon
• Family Resource Centre, Limetree Avenue, Inverness 27 May 10:30am to 12:30pm
• Wick Service Point, Caithness House, Market Square, Wick 14 May 10:30am to 11:30am.

Foster Care Fortnight™ is The Fostering Network's annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and show how foster care transforms lives. This year’s theme is ‘The Power of Relationships’.