Bury Council has officially opened its new Foster Carers Hub with a celebration at Bury Town Hall to support those caring for vulnerable children.

A couple who believed they were too young to become foster carers have told how they want to dispel the common misconceptions to help tackle the shortage of care. Luke and Rebecca opened up their home ...

A shortage of foster carers across the UK is making it harder to find stable, loving homes for children. Experts set out ways to reform the system and we showcase innovative local recruitment ...

A crisis in the number of foster care placements available contributed to Marcia Grant’s death, an inquest heard. The 60-year-old was killed at her Sheffield home after a 12-year-old boy she was ...

Very real crisis’ in foster care as charity issues warning over sharp fall in applications - Barnados says ballooning living ...

There were queues outside the Oireachtas Audio Visual Room last week, as representative groups and organisations made their final pitches in back-to-back presentations ahead of Budget Day. Politicians ...

Looked-after children, foster carers and social workers are facing rising levels of racism, Josh MacAlister has been warned. In a letter to the children’s minister, the Nationwide Association of ...

Amy can point out 19 houses where she grew up in her Mississippi hometown. That tally doesn’t include the places in other cities and states where child welfare workers took her to live. Driving around ...

Not all superheroes wear capes, some – like cat foster carer, Wendy Penfold – wear fleece gilets covered in cat fur. Wendy, ...