A fostering agency based in Preston is urgently seeking new foster carers to come forward.

Beacon Fostering aims to recruit more foster carers in the North West to improve the current shortage of foster carers across the country and to create brighter futures for many children and young people currently growing up in foster care.

On Thursday 19th December, Beacon Fostering are holding a Coffee and Fostering Information Session at Costa Coffee at Deepdale Shopping Park at 2pm-3:30pm.

Within the session Beacon Fostering will provide free coffee and cake and the agencies staff will be on hand to ask any fostering-related questions you may have as well as providing all the information you may need to begin your fostering journey.

Beacon Fostering offer carer payments of up to £750 a week, as well as providing foster carer training and therapeutic support.

If you are based in Preston or surrounding areas, have a spare bedroom in your house and are interested in fostering you can visit their website for more information.

Beacon Fostering has a family ethos and focuses locally with the name of the agency being inspired by Beacon Fell Country Park, where Simon Williams, Director of Beacon Fostering enjoyed going as a child.

Priankar Ghosh, Beacon’s Registered Manager has over 10 years of experience as a social worker said: “Beacon Fostering is dedicated towards providing stable and consistent care to children and young people, to enable them to build nurturing and secure bond with their foster parents.

“Our key ethos remains, formation of emotional safety in children and young people and we work alongside wider range of professionals, including tailored support for our foster carers to help them thrive in their duties as a foster carer. Our training and support plan for foster carers is bespoke and trauma informed. Please join us to make a positive impact in the lives of children and young people.”

Apply to be a foster carer with Beacon Fostering today and request a call back from a member of their recruitment team.