CumbriaFostering&Adoption

Fostering or Adoption with @CumbriaFostering @CumbriaAdoption - Get in touch with Fostering Team 📞 0300 0190 200 or our Adoption Team 📞 0303 333 1216

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Our amazing foster carer Deb will be on BBC Radio Cumbria tomorrow morning at 7.20am, sharing her powerful experience of fostering young refugees here in Cumbria.
Too early? Attend our online event tomorrow at 6.30pm instead -https://t.co/eFNlyTHBE9

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🎙 New episode for #RefugeeWeek2025: Deb, a foster carer, shares her moving story of caring for refugee children in the UK.

“They are children who need a home and need love. If we love them for who they are… we’re building a better future.”

Listen now https://t.co/8yhmWKGHxG

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This June, we’re proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate love, inclusion, and equality.
We believe every child deserves a safe, loving home — and we warmly welcome applications from LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. Visit https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg and #ChangeALife

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📣 Thinking about fostering?
Come chat with us at our Info Stand during #FCF25 💛
📍 Workington Library
🗓️ Fri 16 May
🕐1–3pm
No pressure — just real info, friendly faces & how you could #ChangeAFuture ✨
#FosteringCommunity #PowerOfRelationships https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg

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The power of relationships is what fostering is all about. A stable, loving connection can change the course of a child’s life.
If you’ve ever felt called to make a difference — even for one child — you could be the person they remember forever.
💛 Visit https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg

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This #FCF25, we’re celebrating the #PowerOfRelationships — like Yvonne & her support worker, Helen.
“You’re supportive, efficient, a good listener.” 💬
Fostering takes love, trust & teamwork.
Thank you to all carers & social workers 💛

👉 https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg

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🎬 NEW short film out now!
As part of #FosterCareFortnight, we’re spotlighting the amazing carers changing lives every day in Cumbria. 💛
Real stories. Real impact.
Watch here 👉🎬 https://t.co/R7UdIzPXUN

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This Foster Care Fortnight we’re proud to celebrate the incredible foster carers who make a difference every day in Cumbria.
Follow us all fortnight for real-life stories, practical advice, and how fostering could change your life too.
#FCF25
Visit https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg

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Did you see our fantastic hub team @fosterwithushub on BBC North West Tonight yesterday?
If you missed it click on the link below and scroll in 10 mins to give it a watch.
To speak to our team call 0300 019 0200 today
https://t.co/gh1RoJlmr0

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Tune in to BBC North West news this evening to watch an interview with our team at @fosterwithushub about the need to recruit more foster carers across the region.
You can speak to our hub team today by calling 0300 019 0200 today #FosteringChangesLives

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Huge congratulations to our Advanced Practitioner, Stacy and foster carer Lisa, who have been shortlisted as finalists in the prestigious ‘Stars of Children and Young People Awards’, which recognise those who go above and beyond for children and young people. #Proud #FosterCare

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Maisie is a lively 5-year-old girl who is adored by her parents. She urgently needs foster carers who can offer her Shared Care (respite care) in their home for 2 nights a month, to support her parents. *Name changed to protect ID
Find out more at https://t.co/DY2cbIviC0

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Today marks the launch of LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2025, led by the charity NEW Family Social. Find out more about fostering or sign up for our online event this Thursday at 6pm at https://t.co/Iu5a7efgFO #ChangesLives25

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Next week is LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2025. If you are LGBTQ+ in Cumbria and considering either route to parenting, why not attend one of our events next week: https://t.co/VuJHhmAMGZ
#ChangeLives25
Or speak to @fosterwithushub today on 0300 019 0200

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We’re looking for more foster carers in Cumbria, who like Yunus, could provide a safe space for a child refugee seeking sanctuary in the UK.
You can find out more by visiting https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg or by speaking to our team Fosterwithus on 0300 019 0200 #SafeSpace #Fostering

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Our first face to face fostering information session of the year takes place tomorrow in Workington (at the town centre Costa). If you have been wondering if fostering might be for you, why not come along and have a chat and find out more?
Visit https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg

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For our last post of 2024 we would just like to say a massive thank you to all our foster carers and Homestays providers for everything you have done for our children and young people this year. #ChangeLives #FosterForYourLocalCouncil Visit https://t.co/Iu5a7efgFO

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Apply to foster this Christmas! If you contact us today, in 2025 you could open your heart and home to a child in your local area who needs a safe, stable and loving home. Contact us today to find out more on 0300 019 0200 or register your interest at https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg

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Today we celebrated our children’s Christmas celebrations at the Harraby Centre in Carlisle and at Furness Academy in Barrow. A huge thank you to all the foster carers, children and staff who helped make them so very special! Visit https://t.co/Iu5a7eeIQg for more info