Approximately 30,000 children enter care every year in the UK and the West Midlands requires roughly 630 additional foster carers. Fostering agencies are actively encouraging members of the LGBTQ+ community to apply and stressing compassion and welcoming homes as priorities. Agency leaders reassure prospective LGBTQ+ carers that sexuality will not prevent successful applications and that LGBTQ+ adults or couples can provide the support, love and security children need. A Shropshire couple who have fostered for seven years report initial worries about judgment but describe the fostering community as welcoming, accepting and rewarding despite highs and lows.
It's about being compassionate and having a welcoming home to offer,
This could not be further from the truth
We are really keen to reassure people from this background that they can be fantastic foster carers providing exactly the support, love and security that a child needs.
We would strongly encourage any LGBTQ+ adults or couples to think seriously about fostering. It can make a huge difference to a child's life and be incredibly rewarding for you.
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