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15 May 2020Foster Care Fortnight 2020: Search for Foster Carers Continues

Yvonne Worsell has been a Health and Social Care Foster Carer...

14 May 2020“I enjoy the happiness in caring for the children” HSC Northern Ireland Foster Carer shares her story of Fostering

Briege O’Kane and her husband Ciaran, from County Derry, began their...

04 May 2020Meet the Northern Ireland foster carers making a difference during Covid-19

While many of us have had to make changes to our...

24 April 2020Could you Foster Erin, aged 6?

Erin* is a 6 year old, girly girl. She loves playing...

16 March 2020Transforming Foster Carer Recruitment

With over 3,300 Children and young people in the care system...

12 March 2020Opening minds, hearts and Homes to Foster Care

Earlier this month we gathered in Portadown with colleagues, Foster Carers...

11 March 2020Could you give a child a brighter future?

Foster Care provides children and young people who cannot live with...

21 February 2020Care Day 2020 – A Global Celebration of Children in Care

Belfast Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust staff, together with foster...

17 February 2020Two local Foster Carers Recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List

The Western Trust’s Women and Children’s Directorate paid tribute to two...

10 February 2020Could you Adopt?

Adoption can offer a safe, loving, new start to children and...

04 February 2020Follow us on social media today!

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04 February 2020HSC Northern Ireland Adoption and Foster Care Launch

A fresh appeal for foster carers in Northern Ireland has been...

29 January 2020Adoption Changes Lives – Connor and Alex

Conor is confident, outgoing and enjoys playing with other kids.  He...

29 January 2020Interested in Adoption?

Adoption Changes Lives Do you want to find out more about...

15 October 2019Adoption Week 2019: Couple share powerful experience of caring for babies ‘pre-adoption’

Adoption week runs 14 – 20 October 2019. Adoption is the...

14 October 2019Adopters urgently needed

Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, in partnership with Adoption...

08 October 2019“My future changed when my family decided to foster”

October is Sons and Daughters Month and we have decided to...

21 September 2019Fermanagh foster champions talk of ‘rewarding’ experience of fostering

A couple from Lisbellaw have described the ‘rewarding experience’ of fostering...

20 September 2019Ballynahinch student thanks foster carers for educational success

A young woman from Ballynahinch reveals how growing up in foster...

19 September 2019Western Trust Health Care worker describes how she ‘fell in love’ with fostering

A Western Trust Health Care Employee has described how she fell...

18 September 2019Newry foster carer explains why “It takes a village to raise a child”

A single mum from Newry explains how becoming a foster carer...