How to become a Foster Carer

If you've ever been curious about becoming a foster carer, Foster Care Fortnight is the perfect opportunity to find out more.

Foster Care Fortnight is the UK's biggest foster care awareness raising campaign and aims to showcase the positive impact foster care and the need more foster carers.

This year, Foster Care Fortnight will run from Monday 13 May until Sunday 26 May.

Keep an eye out as starting from Monday 13 May, Thurrock Council's Fostering team will be popping up at several shops, libraries and shopping centres across Thurrock to share more information around fostering and answer any questions you may have.

Check below to see when our fostering team will be near you.

Dates	Times	Places
Monday 13 May	10am to 1pm	Aveley Library, Aveley Community Hub, High Street, Aveley, South Ockendon, RM15 4BX
Monday 13 May	4pm to 7pm	c2c Chafford Hundred Station, Burghley Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays, RM16 6QQ
Tuesday 14 May	10am to 3pm	John Lewis, Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9ST
Wednesday 15 May	10am to 1pm	Tilbury Library, Tilbury Hub, Civic Square, Tilbury, RM18 8AD
Thursday 16 May	10am to midday	Face to face Fostering info event, Thurrock Council Town, south end of High Street, Grays
Thursday 16 May	2pm to 5pm	Grays Library, Thameside Complex, Orsett Road, Grays, RM17 5DX
Friday 17 May	9am to 9pm	Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Thurrock Way, Grays, RM20 2ZP
Saturday 18 May	8am to 10am	Thurrock Parkrun, Pyramid Centre, Heath Road, Chadwell St Mary, RM16 4XH
Saturday 18 May	11am to 2:30pm	Sainbury's, Howard Road, Chafford Hundred, Grays, RM16 6YJ
Monday 20 May	10am to 2pm	Asda, Thurrock Park Way, Tilbury, RM18 7HJ
Tuesday 21 May	7am to 9:30am	c2c London Fenchurch Street Station, Fenchurch Place, London, EC3M 4AJ
Tuesday 21 May	11am to 1pm	Corringham Library, St Johns Way, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 7LJ
Tuesday 21 May	2pm to 4:30pm	Chadwell Library, Brentwood Road, Chadwell St Mary, Grays, RM16 4JP
Tuesday 21 May	2:30pm to 4:30pm	Belhus Library, South Ockendon Centre, Derry Avenue, South Ockendon, RM15 5DX
Wednesday 22 May	10am to 2pm	Morrisons, 1 London Road, Grays, RM17 5XZ
Thursday 23 May	10am to 3pm	John Lewis, 50 Bond Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1GD
Thursday 23 May	6pm to 8pm	Online information event - go to www.thurrock.gov.uk/fostering
Friday 24 May	10am to 2:30pm	Waitrose, 112-118 High Street, Billericay, CM12 9BY

You can also join our team in-person on Thursday 16 May, 10am to midday, for a presentation and chat in Committee Room 1 of the Town Hall at the south end of High Street, Grays - Google Maps: Town Hall, High Street, Grays.

For more information on becoming a foster carer, to sign-up for an information session or to make an enquiry, go to www.thurrock.gov.uk/fostering

Image below: Thurrock Fostering, phone 0800 652 1256, Facebook /thurrockfostering

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