Foster Carers Sarah & Martin   Young people in Foster Care are in need of homes and families that will make them feel safe, nurtured and respected. The number of Foster Carers need in Wales has increased from 500 last year to 550 this year. Welsh Fostering Agency Calon Cymru Fostering is campaigning to find Foster Carers that can provide healthy homes for the rising number of young people coming into care. Young people are placed into care for numerous…

Years of working with vulnerable families convinced Tony Foulkes that he wanted to offer a safe, loving home for children in care.   Approaching early retirement he persuaded wife Cathie  that they should begin fostering with Barnardo’s Cymru and the couple have found it so rewarding that they are now backing the charity’s campaign (September 16 to 22) to recruit more much-needed foster parents in Wales.   During the last nine years Tony, 66, and Cathie, 60 of Abergele have…