A Cumbrian vicar is sharing his story this October to mark Kinship Care Week 2025 (6–12 October) and raise awareness of the vital role kinship carers play in children’s lives.
As Pride Month unfolds across the UK, Cumbria Fostering & Adoption is encouraging members of the LGBTQ+ community to consider becoming foster carers or adoptive parents.
This Foster Care Fortnight (12- 25 May), Cumbria Fostering is calling on local people to consider fostering by sharing the stories of our incredible foster carers in a new short film.
One of our incredibly talented care experienced teenagers Siân, has been shortlisted as one of the winners in a national creative writing competition for children and young people in care.
Cumbria Fostering launches a campaign this month to raise awareness of a need for foster carers and Homestays providers for refugee children seeking sanctuary in the UK who need a safe, caring place to call home.
Foster carers across parts of the North-West are celebrating the opportunity to join the ground-breaking Mockingbird model, now available through local council fostering programmes in Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness.
Fostering can mean everything to those involved. That is the message of Cumbria Fostering’s emotive new short film, created in collaboration with over 100 councils.
Cumbria Fostering is supporting Kinship Care Week 2024 (7 to 13 October) with a campaign to celebrate more than 400 kinship carers across Cumbria who are raising children who are not their own.
