Celebrating One Year of Fostering for East Midlands Councils
As the UK marks Foster Care Fortnight this May, Foster for East Midlands Councils is celebrating the milestone of a successful first 12 months of foster carer recruitment across the…
Foster Care Fortnight 2025: Celebrating the Power of Relationships
Nottingham City Council is proud to support Foster Care Fortnight, running from 12 to 25 May 2025—the UK’s largest campaign to raise awareness of fostering, led by national charity The…
New Regional Fostering Recruitment Hub Launches to Boost Foster Care in the East Midlands
The new regional fostering recruitment hub officially launched on 23 May with therepresentatives for the four local authorities, the recruitment team, foster carers andfoster children joining the showcase event.Foster for…
Announcing The First Midlands Adoption Week
Nottingham City Council is supporting Adoption East Midlands (AEM) with the first Midlands Adoption Week. The week runs from Monday 12 until Sunday 19 February 2024. It will highlight the…
Make next Christmas the most memorable one yet for a child in care
Nottingham City Council is encouraging potential foster carers to come forward so that children and teenagers can experience next Christmas and New Year in a loving family home. The process…
£1.6m funding for new regional fostering hub and support programme
A new regional fostering hub will be created after local authorities secured £1.626m in funding. The recruitment hub will engage with prospective foster carers from their initial enquiry through to…
Recognising the value of Nottingham’s care leavers during Care Leavers’ Week
The City’s Leaving Care Service are inviting young adults who have left the City’s care to come together to celebrate Care Leavers Week. Care Leavers Week is a national awareness…
National Adoption Week 2023 – the City Council urges people to consider adoption
Nottingham City Council and Adoption East Midlands are proudly supporting #NationalAdoptionWeek. Adoption East Midlands is Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire councils working in partnership to ensure better outcomes for…
Adoption East Midlands supports campaign to find adopters for children who wait the longest
Today (Tuesday 20 June 2023), Adoption East Midlands is joining forces with agencies across the country to support a new #YouCanAdopt campaign to find families for children who wait the…
Foster Care Fortnight highlights the need for homes for the city’s children in care
People are being urged to open their homes to children in care in Nottingham as part of this year’s national Foster Care Fortnight which starts on Monday 15 May. The…