North Yorkshire Council has joined forces with other local authorities for a national campaign to recruit more foster carers.
The council are needing 1,000 more foster carers in the region.
And the short film will be released on Sky TV during the second week of Foster Care fortnight 2024 (from Monday 20th May), created by seven key council in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
The film about fostering features what it is like to be a carer and the moments both foster carers and children in care will experience as they work together to turn the child’s life around.
About 1,000 new foster carers are needed in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, with more children coming into care than ever before.
North Yorkshire Council has worked alongside Bradford Children and Families Trust, Calderdale Council, Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Kirklees Council and Leeds City Council to create the film.
North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for children and families, Janet Sanderson, said:
“Foster Care Fortnight is a wonderful time to thank our foster carers for everything they do."
She added:
"Fostering is rewarding and challenging and the collaborative film we’ve made celebrates the moments that make a difference.
"We do need more foster carers to look after local children.”
In North Yorkshire alone, at any given time about 300 fostering families are needed to offer a safe and loving home to the local children in care.
Former headteacher, Mrs Kent, has a 28-year-old son and 18-year-old daughter, and it was always part of her plan to foster when she retired and her children were older.
“The foster children I care for have experienced trauma in their life, so I’ve had difficult behaviour to deal with, sometimes 24/7 and my daughter had never witnessed that before.
“Being a foster carer is a ride. You have good days and bad days, and it helps to lower your expectations.
"Take the little wins, take time out for yourself and for your own family.
"I don’t regret becoming a foster carer – watching the children grow up and seeing how they understand the world is lovely to see.”
Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s biggest foster care awareness raising campaign, which is delivered by a leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, that was established in 1997.
Watch the film here:
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