Finding homes for Young People in Bristol
“Our foster child joined our family in March. But when I say ‘family’, I don’t just mean my husband, my birth children and myself. When I say ‘family’, as a church leader, and as someone part of a small, supportive and tightknit community, that word reaches well beyond the four walls of our home.”
Every 15 minutes in the UK, a child will come into care. Many will have suffered neglect or abuse, all will have experienced trauma and loss.
We know that for children in care, it’s crucial to find the right placement at the right time – whether that’s a short-term or a long-term foster placement, an adoptive family or supported lodgings. Currently, this isn’t always possible. Here in Bristol, there are more than 600 children in care. There is an urgent need for more foster carers, particularly those who can welcome older children, teenagers and sibling groups.
Home for Good is a UK charity with a vision to find a home for every child who needs one.
We believe the Church is ideally placed to ensure that every child and young person has the loving home they need. Each one of us has a part we can play.
For some, that part might be opening your home to a child or young person through fostering, adoption or supported lodgings. For others, that part might be providing practical support.
Church families have a huge part they can play by ensuring their spaces are safe and welcoming for children who have had a tricky start; or perhaps your church could play its part in caring for vulnerable children by financially supporting Home for Good.
Together we can make a transformational difference. Together we can find a home for every child who needs one.
“We celebrated with the whole church family when he had been with us for a year. We baked some cupcakes together, icing his name on the top, and we took them round to the people in our street.
We told them, “We’ve been family for a year, and we’ve made you a cake so we can all celebrate.” This is his church, his neighbourhood and his family as well. This is what family truly is. It’s community at its best.”
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