YOUNG people in care have been sharing their thoughts on what makes a good foster carer. They have been speaking out in support of a new Wiltshire Council campaign to encourage more people to consider fostering. Zac, Chantel, Sam and Jake have shared their thoughts on how important it is to learn life skills such as cooking, coping with emotions and growing up with support around you. Zac explains what makes a good foster carer: “Someone to help me understand what has happened and to be sensitive, someone who will build a relationship so I can trust them, someone you just share with.”
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Stockport Council is looking for people to care for siblings and older children as part of this year s Foster Care Fortnight
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Laura and Howard have been fostering for over 20 years
Laura married into a foster caring family. Her mother-in-law had been a foster carer for about 35 years when Laura and her husband Howard decided to start fostering themselves. They became long-term foster carers in 2013.
Now the 49-year-old from Stockport is fostering two teenage sisters and another older child and is encouraging others to do the same.