Well, here we go! The UK’s biggest annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering began yesterday and asphaleia are ready to do our bit.

Under the strapline fostering: time to care, this year’s campaign will highlight the urgent need for more foster carers and call on everyone to get behind fostering and support children in care.

The fortnight lasts until 29^th May.

During the fortnight, asphaleia will be holding events to promote this campaign. Specifically, we want to celebrate our carers and their families and recruit 10 new foster carers - which is going to be a challenge, but we are up for it and ready!

asphaleia will be sending our carers and their families to Chessington for the day, raising our local profile by featuring on Splash FM (more details to come soon) and running a promotional event in Worthing town centre on May 28^th.

To find out more about becoming a foster carer with asphaleia please contact the fostering team on 01903 236522 or visit our website http://www.asphaleia.co.uk/ventures/fostering.html. If you would like to come along to an informal information evening on 1st June 2011 at 7.30pm, please contact melissabiggs@asphaleia.co.uk to book a place.

For the second year running, asphaleia fostering are sponsoring Anyone4Theatre’s (A4T) Easter performances and will be running an information stand at their shows later this month.

A4T was founded in 2006 and is a local not for profit children’s theatre group who make drama, dance, singing and performing accessible to any child in the local community. Whatever their talents; be it performing, costume, make up, sound, lighting, props or just generally helping out, all children are welcome.

Their latest performance, Seussical the Musical will take place on 20th and 21st April at the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing. For more information on purchasing tickets, please visit their website: www.anyone4theatre.com.

asphaleia fostering are once again thrilled to be able to support a fantastic local children’s group, as well as provide information for anyone who may be interested in fostering with us. Hope to see you there…!

Only 45 days to go until 2011’s foster care fortnight begins…keep checking our website to find out what asphaleia fostering will be doing to celebrate, and how we are hoping to recruit new foster families to provide much needed homes to children in care.

Foster fortnight strapline this year is "time to care"