ADAMSON BACKS CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT MORE FOSTER CARERS IN MOTHERWELL AND WISHAW

Clare Adamson MSP is backing a new SNP Government campaign to find more foster carers.

Foster carers play a vital role in supporting and providing safe and loving foster homes to children and young people. They are key to the SNP Scottish Government’s ambition of delivering The Promise by 2030.

The Fostering Network estimates that Scotland needs at least 400 more foster carers. The new campaign aims to raise awareness of fostering and encourage people in Motherwell and Wishaw and across Scotland to consider the life-changing impact they could make on the lives of a child or young person.

The Scottish Government’s campaign will run across TV, radio, press and digital channels through May and June. 

A new website and advice line will support people interested in fostering. 

Ms Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, said:

“Becoming a foster carer is a wonderful opportunity to give children love, care, and support. 

“You do not special qualifications, but you do need compassion, commitment, and a drive to help children fulfil their potential.

“Kids flourish with love and support.  To foster a child is an incredible act and one that could have an extraordinary impact on a person’s life.

“The Scottish Government is running this new campaign because we need more foster carers.  That is why I am encouraging people in Motherwell and Wishaw who can offer a loving home to find out more.”

Fostering is open to people of all ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, genders, and family structures.

Foster carers do not need any specific qualifications, and don't need to have children of their own.

The ‘Ordinary can be extraordinary for a child in foster care’ campaign runs for four weeks across TV, video on demand, radio and press, and for seven weeks across digital channels.

More information on becoming a foster carer can be found at www.gov.scot/fostercare