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Stone residents urged to nominate their fostering stars
People in Stone and across Staffordshire are being encouraged to recognise the incredible work of foster carers, special guardians, and supported lodgings…
Author: Jon Cook
19th March, 2025
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Hosts needed to prepare young people to live independently
Stone residents interested in helping young people in care move into independent living are getting the chance to become a…
Author: Jon Cook20th June, 2022Stone residents looking for a new career urged to consider fostering
As part of its New Year campaign to fill the urgent need for foster families, Staffordshire County Council is asking…
Author: Jon Cook
24th January, 2022Councils join forces with partners to secure positive futures for children in care
Finding resilient fostering families for some of the most vulnerable children in care in the West Midlands is the focus…
Author: Jon Cook
22nd April, 2021Families looking for a new challenge urged to consider fostering
Parents who may feel ready to take on a new challenge, with children back at school and some teenagers flying…
Author: Lauren Walker
13th October, 2020Rewards and challenges of fostering highlighted in new short film
The difference that foster carers make to children's lives has been focused on in a new short film, and it's…
Author: Lauren Walker
9th April, 2019Fostering roadshow comes to Stone this week
Staffordshire’s foster families are taking to the road in a new campaign to encourage more people to try short break…
Author: Jon Cook
10th September, 2018Stone’s private foster carers urged to find out about the support available
Carers from Stone, and across Staffordshire, who privately foster children are being reminded that help is at hand in a…
Author: Jon Cook
10th July, 2018Got time to foster?
Got time to foster?’ is the latest campaign from Staffordshire County Council’s Fostering Service to help find families for some…
Author: Jon Cook16th May, 2018Could You Help Make a Difference by Fostering in 2018
Being a lawyer and a business consultant are amongst the dreams being realised by two former children in care thanks…
Author: Jon Cook
11th January, 2018Information Evening for Potential Fosterers
A series of information evenings are taking place for people interested in becoming foster carers. The next information session will…
Author: Lauren Walker
24th January, 2017Stone families encouraged to come forward for fostering
Stone families interested in supporting or fostering young asylum seekers arriving in the county are being encouraged to come forward. The…
Author: Jon Cook28th November, 2016People in Stone urged to support Foster Care Fortnight
People in Stone who are interested in fostering are being urged to find out more in Foster Care Fortnight. The…
Author: Andy MacDonald
26th May, 2015SCC aim to bust the myths on who can foster
‘You need to be a certain age’, ‘be in a relationship’, or ‘own your own home’–are just some of the…
Author: Jon Cook
13th September, 2014Tom and Anne’s message on fostering
A couple from Stone who have been fostering children for 15 years have spoken about their experiences to encourage other…
Author: Jamie Summerfield1st March, 2013Could you be a weekend foster carer?
Staffordshire County Council is calling on people in Stone to support vulnerable children and their families by volunteering as foster…
Author: Jamie Summerfield25th March, 2011
